Finding Funding

Locating and securing funding is an essential ingredient in putting together successful clean energy program. We have listed below highlights of funding currently available from Federal, state, utility, foundation and other sources. If you would like to partner with the SJVCEO to pursue funding to meet your clean energy needs, please let us know. We would like to work with you.

State and Utility Resources

Please see  click on the following links
 
http://www.dsireusa.org/ 

http://www.lgc.org/freepub/energy/funding.html

 

Foundation and Corporate Sources

To be added

 

Currently open Solicitations from Federal/other Sources

Water Power Projects  

The U.S. Department of Energy requests proposals for Advanced Water Power   Projects.  Through this initiative, DOE seeks technologies that demonstrate a capability of utilizing one or more of the following for electricity generation: Ocean waves; tides or ocean currents; free flowing water in rivers, lakes, streams or man-made channels; or other water-based resources, including an improvement in the efficiency and/or environmental performance of conventional hydropower and electricity generation from differentials in ocean temperature.  $18.5 million expected to be available, up to 17 awards anticipated.  Responses due 6/16/08. 
For more info, contact Pat Liles at pat.liles@go.doe.gov or go to: 
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/7CA0728BFF68198E8525742C005FEFBC?OpenDocument
Refer to Sol# DE-PS36-08GO98030.  (Grants.gov 4/15/08)

Community Health and Brownfield Land Reuse

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, requests proposal for Community Health Projects Related to Brownfield/Land Reuse.  The purpose of the program is to identify and address public health and issues with
brownfield/land reuse plans.  $300K expected to be available, up to 10 awards anticipated.  Responses due 5/23/08.  For more info, contact Tina Forrester at txf5@cdc.gov or go to: 
http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=17425.  Refer to Sol# CDC-RFA-TS08-803
(Grants.gov 4/8/08)

 Environmental Justice

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency requests proposals for the Environmental Justice Small Grants Program (EJSG).  EJSG supports projects that addresses a local environmental and public health issue within an affected community and is designed to help communities understand and address their exposure to multiple environmental harms and risks.  An “affected community,” for the purposes of this program, is a community that is disproportionately impacted by environmental harms and risks and has a local
environmental and/or public health issue that is identified in the proposal.  $800K expected to be available, up to 40 awards anticipated.  Responses due 6/30/08. 
For more info, contact Sheila Lewis at lewis.sheila@epa.gov or go to: 
http://www.epa.gov/compliance/environmentaljustice/grants/ej-smgrants.html
Refer to Sol# EPA-OECA-OEJ-08-01

  (Grants.gov 4/8/08)

 National Clean Diesel Finance Program  

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency requests proposals for the SmartWay Clean Diesel Finance Program.  Through this program, EPA will support the establishment of innovative nationally-focused financial programs to fund diesel emissions reductions.  Proposed innovative financing may include, but are not limited to: Issuance of loan guarantees, equity investments that leverage additional funds, revolving loan funds, or issuance of tax exempt or taxable bonds for low cost loan programs.  $3 million expected to be available, up to 4 awards anticipated.  Responses due 6/9/08.  For more info, contact Ken Adler at Adler.Ken@epa.gov or go to: 
http://www.epa.gov/air/grants_funding.html   
Refer to Sol# EPA-OAR-OTAQ-08-04.  (Grants.gov 4/16/08)

 West Coast Collaborative Diesel Emissions Reduction Program –

Regions 9 and 10:  Projects must take place in:  AK, AZ, CA, HI, ID, NV, OR, WA, or the Pacific Territories.  $5.1 million expected to be available, up to 9 awards anticipated.  Responses due 7/1/08. 
For more info, contact Lucita Valiere at dieselgrants@epa.gov or go to:
http://yosemite.epa.gov/R10/AIRPAGE.NSF/Mobile+Sources/08RFP  
Refer to Sol# EPA-R10-WCC-2008.  (Grants.gov 4/2/08)

 Energy Frontier Research Centers  

The U.S. Department of Energy requests proposals for Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) to accelerate the rate of scientific breakthroughs needed to create advanced energy technologies for the 21st century.  The EFRCs will pursue the fundamental understanding
necessary to meet the global need for abundant, clean, and economical energy.  Through this initiative, DOE seeks to bring together the skills and talents of multiple investigators to enablefundamental research of a scope and complexity that would not be possible with the standard individual investigator or small group research project.  $500 million expected to be available, up to 50 awards anticipated.  Responses due 10/1/08.  For more info, contact Emiela Bradford at  emiela.bradford@ch.doe.gov or go to:
https://e-Center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/933104E42D0185E58525742100694C78?OpenDocument
Refer to Sol# DE-PS02-08ER15944.  (Grants.gov 4/4/08) 

 Water Efficiency – California Bay-Delta

The U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region, requests proposals for CALFED Water Use Efficiency Grant Program.  Through this initiative, CALFED will fund urban and agricultural projects that improve ecosystem health, water supply
reliability or water quality of the California Bay-Delta through water use efficiency and conservation.  $1.5 million expected to be available, individual awards NTE $300K  Responses due 6/2/08.  For more info, contact Mary Sims at msims@mp.usbr.gov or go to: 
http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=41167.
Refer to Sol# 08SF200028.  (Grants.gov 4/3/08).

 

 Energy Innovations Grants - California

The California Energy Commission requests proposals for the Energy Innovations Small Grant (EISG) Program.  EISG supports research thatestablishes the feasibility of new, innovative energy concepts.  Projects must address a CA energy problem and provide a potential
benefit to CA electric and natural gas ratepayers, and target one of the following areas:  Industrial/agriculture/water end-use efficiency; building end-use efficiency; environmentally preferred advanced generation; renewable generation; energy-related environmental research; and energy systems integration.  Individual hardware projects NTE $95K, modeling projects NTE $50K.  Pre-proposal abstracts are optional and are due 5/2/08, final proposals due 6/10/08.  For more info, contact eisg@projects.sdsu.edu or go to: 
http://www.energy.ca.gov/contracts/smallgrant/index.html

 Young Environmental Leaders

Earth Island Institute requests proposals for the Brower Youth Awards to Honor Young Environmental Leaders.  This program recognizes young leaders between the ages of 13 and 22 for outstanding activism and achievements in the fields of environmental and environmental justice advocacy.  Winners receive $3K, a trip to CA for the awards ceremony, a wilderness camping trip and access to Earth Island Institute resources.  Responses due 5/15/08.  For more info, go to: http://broweryouthawards.org/article.php?id=113   
(RFP Bulletin 4/11/08)

 

Greening Middle School Education

General Motors requests proposals for the Live Green Teacher Grant Program.  This program provides support to middle school teachers to develop innovative environmental and energy sustainability curriculum.  $40K expected to be available, individual awards NTE $1K.  Responses due 5/15/08.  For more information, go to:  http://livegreen.discoveryeducation.com/   (RFP Bulletin 4/18/08)

 

Partnerships:

If your organization would like to partner with the San Joaquin Valley Clean Energy Organization on these or other funding opportunities,
please contact Paul Johnson:
paul@sjvcleanenergy.org
(800) 788-9013.