Clean Energy

**CERTs-Southeast:** Clean Energy Resource Teams of SE Minnesota


										
											
												
													
														
														
														
														
														American Recovery 
														Program - ARRA   
														
														
														
														The U.S. Department of 
														Commerce, Economic 
														Development 
														Administration (EDA) 
														requests proposals for 
														the EDA American 
														Recovery Program, for 
														projects that advance 
														economic growth by 
														assisting communities 
														and regions experiencing 
														chronic high 
														unemployment and low per 
														capita income to create 
														an environment that 
														fosters innovation, 
														promotes 
														entrepreneurship, and 
														attracts increased 
														private capital 
														investment.  
														Priority consideration 
														will be given to regions 
														that have experienced 
														sudden and severe 
														economic dislocation and 
														job loss due to 
														corporate restructuring.  
														Applicants may apply for 
														the following programs:  
														1)  Public Works 
														and Economic Development 
														Facilities Program, and 
														2) Economic Adjustment 
														Assistance Program.  
														Responses due 6/30/10.  
														For more info, including 
														Region-specific 
														contacts, go to: 
														
														http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=45786.  
														Refer to Sol# 
														DA03102009RECOVERYACT.  
														(Grants.gov 3/5/09) 
														
														
														
														
														Clean and Efficient 
														Transit Investments - 
														ARRA 
														
														
														
														The U.S Department of 
														Transportation requests 
														proposals for Recovery 
														Act Transit Investments 
														for Greenhouse Gas and 
														Energy Reduction.  
														Through this initiative, 
														DOT will provide grants 
														to public transit 
														agencies for capital 
														investments that will 
														assist in reducing the 
														energy consumption or 
														greenhouse gas emissions 
														of their public transit 
														agencies.  $100 
														million expected to be 
														available, up to 30 
														awards anticipated.  
														Responses due 3/10/10.  
														For more info, contact
														
														FTA-TIGGER@dot.gov 
														or go to: 
														
														http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=45906.  
														Refer to Sol# 
														FTA-09005-TIGGER-TRI.  
														(Grants.gov 3/10/09)  
														 
														
														
														
														
														Clean Cities Petroleum 
														Reduction – ARRA 
														
														
														
														 The 
														U.S. Department of 
														Energy requests 
														proposals for Clean 
														Cities FY09 Petroleum 
														Reduction Technologies 
														Projects for the 
														Transportation Sector.  
														Through this initiative, 
														DOE seeks projects that 
														expand the use of 
														alternative fueled 
														vehicles and advanced 
														technology vehicles.  
														The installation or 
														acquisition of 
														infrastructure to 
														support alt fuel or 
														advanced technology 
														vehicles is also 
														eligible.  Lead 
														applicants must be a 
														designated Clean Cities 
														Coalition.   
														$300 million expected to 
														be available, up to 30 
														awards anticipated.  
														Responses due 5/29/09 
														and 9/30/09.  For 
														more info, contact Janet 
														Laukaitis at
														
														Janet.Laukaitis@netl.doe.gov 
														or go to: 
														
														https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/5d310d2fced6c9ed85256d090050e43a/9fefd7404bacf12f8525757400701afe?OpenDocument.  
														Refer to Sol# 
														DE-PS26-09NT01236-04.  
														(Grants.gov 2/25/09) 
														
														
														
														
														Tribal Transit Program - 
														ARRA  
														
														
														
														The U.S Department of 
														Transportation requests 
														proposals for the 
														Recovery Act Tribal 
														Transit Program.  
														Through this program, 
														DOT will provide grants 
														to federally recognized 
														Indian Tribes for public 
														transportation capital 
														projects for use in 
														public transportation.  
														$17 million expected to 
														be available.  
														Responses due 3/10/10.  
														For more info, contact 
														Lorna Wilson at
														
														lorna.wilson@dot.gov 
														or go to: 
														
														http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=45903.  
														Refer to Sol# 
														FTA-09004-TPM-TRTR.  
														(Grants.gov 3/10/09)  
														
														
														
														
														Public Health Grants – 
														ARRA
														
														
														
														The National Institute 
														of Health requests 
														proposals for the 
														Challenge Grant Program, 
														for novel research in 
														areas that address 
														specific knowledge gaps, 
														scientific 
														opportunities, new 
														technologies, data 
														generation, or research 
														methods that would 
														benefit from an influx 
														of funds to quickly 
														advance the area in 
														significant ways.  
														$200 million expected to 
														be available, up to 200 
														awards anticipated.  
														Responses due 4/27/09.  
														For more info, go to: 
														
														http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/challenge_award/Omnibus.pdf.  
														Refer to Sol# 
														RFA-OD-09-003.  
														Through this RFP, NIH 
														has expressed interest 
														in a wide range of 
														topics (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/challenge_award/Omnibus.pdf) 
														which includes, but is 
														not limited to:  
														
														
														
														
														1) Environmental Justice 
														and Public Health:  
														Contact Caroline 
														Dilworth at
														
														dilworthch@niehs.nih.gov.  
														Refer to 09-ES-102. 
														
														
														
														
														2) Models to Predict 
														Health Effects of 
														Climate Change:  
														Contact Joshua Rosenthal 
														at
														
														joshua_rosenthal@nih.gov.  
														Refer to 15-TW-101 or 
														15-HD-105.
														
														
														
														3) Environmental and 
														Child Health - Exposure 
														to Cooking Emissions:  
														Contact Linda Wright at
														
														wrightl@mail.nih.gov.  
														Refer to 15-HD-106.
														
														
														
														4) Building Trust 
														Between Researchers and 
														Communities Through 
														Capacity Building in 
														Environmental Public 
														Health:  Contact 
														Liam O’Fallon at
														
														Ofallon@niehs.nih.gov.  
														Refer to 09-ES-101.  
														(Grants.gov 3/4/09)  
														 
														
														
														
														
														NSF Solar Terrestrial
														
														
														
														  Supports 
														research on the 
														processes by which 
														energy in diverse forms 
														is generated by the Sun, 
														transported to the 
														Earth, and ultimately 
														deposited in the 
														terrestrial environment. 
														Major topics include 
														space weather impacts, 
														helioseismology, the 
														solar dynamo, the solar 
														activity cycle, magnetic 
														flux emergence, solar 
														flares and eruptive 
														activity, coronal mass 
														ejections, solar wind 
														heating, solar energetic 
														particles, interactions 
														with cosmic rays, and 
														solar wind/magnetosphere 
														boundary problems. 
														Proposals accepted 
														anytime.
														
														
														
														http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=45604
														
														
														
														 
														
														
														
														
														NSF Climate Research 
														
														
														
														The 
														National Science 
														Foundation requests 
														proposals for Climate 
														and Large-Scale 
														Dynamics.  Research 
														topics include 
														theoretical, 
														observational and 
														modeling studies in 
														areas including, but not 
														limited to:  
														Processes that govern 
														climate; the causes of 
														climate variability and 
														change; and methods to 
														predict climate 
														variations.  
														Proposals accepted on a 
														continual basis.  
														For more info, contact 
														Jay Fein at
														
														jfein@nsf.gov or go 
														to: 
														
														http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=11699.  
														(Grants.gov 3/3/09)
														
														
														
														Grassroots Environmental 
														Programs Supported
														
														
														
														
														Fund for Wild Nature
														

														The Fund for Wild Nature 
														provides grants to 
														grassroots organizations 
														in the United States, 
														Canada, and Mexico for 
														campaigns to save and 
														restore native species 
														and wild ecosystems, 
														including actions to 
														defend wilderness and 
														biological diversity. 
														The Fund seeks proposals 
														with visionary and yet 
														realistic goals to 
														create tangible change. 
														Priority is given to 
														projects premised on 
														effective, intelligent 
														biocentric strategies on 
														issues that are not 
														receiving adequate 
														national attention, and 
														may not be fundable 
														through mainstream 
														sources. The Fund rarely 
														supports proposals from 
														organizations with large 
														budgets (over $250,000 
														annually). The remaining 
														deadlines for 2009 are 
														May 1 and November 1. 
														Application guidelines 
														and forms are available 
														on the Fund's website.
														
														http://www.fundwildnature.org/ 
												
												
												
												Grants 
												Promote New Approaches to Energy 
												Use and Urban Development 
												
												
												
												blue moon fund 

												The blue moon fund seeks to 
												improve the human condition by 
												changing the relationship 
												between human consumption and 
												the natural world. Support is 
												provided to nonprofit 
												organizations in the United 
												States, Latin America, and Asia 
												that have developed innovative 
												approaches to improving human 
												quality of life in harmony with 
												the natural world. Support is 
												provided in the following three 
												initiative areas: Rethinking 
												Consumption and Energy is aimed 
												at developing 
												environmentally-friendly, 
												efficient, and economically 
												competitive transportation and 
												energy choices worldwide. 
												Balancing Human and Natural 
												Ecosystems promotes new economic 
												and cultural approaches to 
												reducing resource pressure and 
												preserving biodiversity. 
												Reenergizing Urban Communities 
												is based on the belief that 
												underpinning vibrant cities is 
												their capacity to self-organize 
												in ways that maximize the 
												economic, cultural, 
												environmental, and spiritual 
												benefits of urban life. Letters 
												of inquiry may be submitted 
												throughout the year; proposals 
												are reviewed by invitation only. 
												Visit the blue moon fund website 
												to take the required online 
												eligibility test. 
												
													
													
													
													
													
													Grants Target Environmental 
													and Social Justice Programs
													
													
													
													
													
													 
													
													
													
													
													
													Jessie Smith Noyes 
													Foundation 

													The mission of the Jessie 
													Smith Noyes Foundation is to 
													promote a sustainable and 
													just social and natural 
													system. The Foundation 
													provides support to 
													grassroots nonprofit 
													organizations nationwide 
													through the following 
													grantmaking programs. The 
													Foundation's Protect the 
													Health and Environment of 
													Communities Threatened by 
													Toxics program supports 
													state and regional 
													organizations that address 
													toxics exposure and 
													contamination. The Advance 
													Environmental Justice 
													program supports 
													organizations that work to 
													counter environmental 
													degradation in low-income 
													communities and communities 
													of color. The Promote a 
													Sustainable Agricultural and 
													Food System program supports 
													rural and urban 
													organizations that focus on 
													issues involving sustainable 
													agriculture and community 
													food security. The Ensure 
													Quality Reproductive Health 
													Care as a Human Right 
													program supports 
													organizations that advocate 
													for public policies to 
													safeguard reproductive 
													freedom. Letters of inquiry 
													may be submitted throughout 
													the year. Visit the website 
													listed above for details on 
													each of the Foundation's 
													grantmaking programs.  
												
												
												
												
												Funds Boost Entrepreneurial 
												Success for Veterans
												
												
												  
												Veterans Corporation: 
												Development Grant Program
												

												The Veterans Corporation is a 
												nonprofit organization dedicated 
												to promoting entrepreneurial 
												programs for veterans, 
												service-disabled veterans, and 
												members of the National Guard 
												and reserve nationwide. The 
												Veterans Corporation's 
												Development Grant Program 
												supports educational and 
												outreach organizations that help 
												veterans pursue business 
												opportunities and careers. The 
												focus is on supporting programs 
												for veterans who are starting or 
												growing a small business. 
												Applications may be submitted 
												throughout the year. Grants of 
												up to $50,000 are provided. 
												Visit the Veterans Corporation 
												website for application 
												guidelines and forms.

The following chart lists the Credit Termination Date and the applicable percentage of eligible cost basis used in computing the payment for each specified energy property. Specified Energy Property	Credit Termination Date	Applicable Percentage of Eligible Cost Basis
Large Wind	Jan 1, 2013	30%
Closed-Loop Biomass Facility	Jan 1, 2014	30%
Open-loop Biomass Facility	Jan 1, 2014	30%
Geothermal under IRC sec. 45	Jan 1, 2014	30%
Landfill Gas Facility	Jan 1, 2014	30%
Trash Facility	Jan 1, 2014	30%
Qualified Hydropower Facility	Jan 1, 2014	30%
Marine & Hydrokinetic	Jan 1, 2014	30%
Solar	Jan 1, 2017	30%
Geothermal under IRC sec. 48	Jan 1, 2017	10%*
Fuel Cells	Jan 1, 2017	30%**
Microturbines	Jan 1, 2017	10%***
Combined Heat & Power	Jan 1, 2017	10%
Small Wind	Jan 1, 2017	30%
Geothermal Heat Pumps	Jan 1, 2017	10%