Pennsylvania is now soliciting proposals for this year's U.S. Department of Energy Special Projects funds from industry, small businesses, institutions of higher learning, non-profit organizations, Native American organizations, and Federal facilities in Pennsylvania.

Two types of grant proposals are being solicited—Special Projects and Rebuild American grants.

Special Projects proposals are being sought for the following categories: Clean Cities, Industrial Technologies, Building Energy Codes and Standards, Rebuild America, Building America, Federal Energy Management Program, Solar Technology Program, State Wind Energy Support, Distributed Energy - Regional Combined Cooling Heating and Power Applications Centers, Biomass, and Clean Energy/Air Quality Integration.

The state's deadline for final submissions is April 11.

All applications must be submitted by the Commonwealth through the Department of Environmental Protection. DOE will not consider any applications sent directly to them. Submissions after that date will not be considered.

Rebuild America applicants must submit a two-page summary of their proposal by March 21 to be considered. If the project is selected based on the two-page summary, the applicant will be asked to submit a complete proposal.

For more information visit DEP’s Special Energy Projects webpage.

2/25/2005