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Clean Tennessee Energy Grant (CTEG) is sponsored by Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC). The Clean Tennessee Energy Grant Program provides financial assistance to municipal government, county government, utility districts, and other entities created by statute in Tennessee to purchase, install, and construct energy projects, including those focused on solar energy.
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Tennessee Advanced Energy Business Council — First deadline approaches for Clean Tennessee Energy Grants - Tennessee Advanced Energy Business Council First deadline approaches for Clean Tennessee Energy Grants The pre-proposal submission deadline for the Clean Tennessee Energy Grant program is nearly a month away. You have until Tuesday, February 28 to submit your pre-proposals.
This comes as the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) Commissioner Bob Martineau announced $1. 5 million is available in grant funding for clean energy projects statewide. The sixth round of funding will include specific eligibility criteria to purchase, install and construct environmental mitigation projects.
The Clean Tennessee Energy Grant (CTEG) program provides financial assistance to municipal governments, county governments, utility districts and other entities created by statute.
Criteria include projects that reduce air emissions, improve energy efficiency and create cost savings including projects focused on: Cleaner alternative energy – biomass, geothermal, solar, wind; Energy conservation – lighting, HVAC improvements, improved fuel efficiency, insulation, idling minimization; Air quality improvement – reduction in greenhouse gases, sulfur dioxide, volatile organic compounds, oxides of nitrogen, hazardous air pollutants.
Funding preference will be given to distressed counties identified by the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development and counties that have not previously received CTEG funding. Additionally, projects must have a simple payback of less than 10 years on the entire project budget. Funding for the projects comes from a 2011 Clean Air Act settlement with the Tennessee Valley Authority.
Under the Consent Decree, Tennessee received $26. 4 million to fund clean air programs in the state.
The funding schedule is as follows: February 28, 2017: Pre-Proposal submission deadline March 24, 2017: Full proposals (by invitation only) contacted for additional items April 21, 2017: Full proposal supplemental information submission deadline Fall 2017: Announcement of recipients The minimum grant request is $5,000 and the maximum grant request is $250,000, with a 50% match or better from the applicant.
For more information about eligibility criteria and which distressed counties apply, please visit TDEC’s website . By joining TAEBC, you can be part of this exciting effort to grow Tennessee’s economy through advanced energy innovation, generation and manufacturing.
Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Municipal government, county government, utility districts, and other entities created by statute (e. g. , airport authority) in Tennessee. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
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EPA is seeking insightful, expert, and cost-effective applications from eligible applicants to provide the Chesapeake Bay Program’s non-federal partners with technical analysis and programmatic evaluation support related to water quality modeling and monitoring and spatial systems to manage, analyze, and map environmental data. The project assists the partners in meeting their restoration and protection goals and in increasing the transfer of scientific understanding to the Chesapeake Bay Program modeling, monitoring, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) activities. The recipient will support modeling, monitoring, and GIS programs needed to explain and communicate the health of and changes in the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem. Funding Opportunity Number: EPA-R3-CBP-23-18. Assistance Listing: 66.466. Funding Instrument: CA. Category: ENV. Award Amount: Up to $5.3M per award.
Clean Ports Program is sponsored by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Clean Ports Program provides funding for zero-emission port equipment and infrastructure, as well as climate and air quality planning at U.S. ports. It aims to reduce diesel pollution and build a foundation for the port sector to transition to fully zero-emissions operations.