The Department of Energy’s Loan Programs, administered by the Loan Programs Office (LPO), enable the Department of Energy to work with private companies and lenders to mitigate the financing risks associated with clean energy projects, thereby encouraging their development on a broader and much-needed scale.
The Loan Programs consist of three separate programs managed by two offices, the Loan Guarantee Program Office (LGP) and the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program Office. The Loan Programs Office creates, guarantees, and monitors loans to support...
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Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP)
Department of Commerce
Incentive: The Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) is a national network of 60 centers across the United States with thousands of specialists trained to serve the needs of small-and medium-sized manufacturing clients. Through a framework focused on five critical areas – technology acceleration, supplier development, sustainability, workforce, as well as continuous improvement – the MEP Program assists manufacturers in developing new customers, expand into new markets, and create new products...
Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing (ATVM) Loan Program
Department of Energy
Incentive: The ATVM Loan Program provides loans to automobile and automobile parts manufacturers for the cost of re-equipping, expanding, or establishing manufacturing facilities in the United States to produce advanced technology vehicles or qualified components, and for associated engineering integration costs.
Total funding for the program is $25 billion dollars. Previous awards have ranged from $50 million to $5.9 billion dollars.
Eligibility: The project must be performed in the United States.
Funds projects that will transform the ways we generate, store, and utilize energy. Seeks to reduce foreign energy dependence and U.S. emissions, while improving U.S. energy efficiency and R&D capacities.
Click here for more information: http://arpa-e-foa.energy.gov/
Baldrige Performance Excellence Program
Department of the Commerce
Incentive:
The purpose of the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program is to: (1) raise awareness about the importance of performance excellence in driving the U.S.
Bilateral Investment
The U.S. bilateral investment treaty (BIT) program helps to protect private investment, to develop market-oriented policies in partner countries, and to promote U.S.
Program Description: Residential and commercial buildings currently consume 40% of the primary energy consumed in the U.S., and they produce roughly 39% of total U.S. carbon dioxide emissions. Cooling is one of the major uses of energy in buildings, yet the basic approaches used for cooling have not changed in decades.
Provides tax credits for solar energy, fuel cells, wind-energy systems, and heat and power systems.
Click here for more information: http://www.dsireusa.org/incentives/incentive.cfm?Incentive_Code=US02F
Department of Commerce (DOC)
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Program Description: The program will offer financial assistance in the field of nanotechnology specifically aimed at developing essential measurement and fabrication methods and technology in support of all phases of nanotechnology development, from discovery to production; conducting collaborative research with NIST scientists, including research at the CNST NanoFab, a national shared resource for nanofabrication and measurement; and supporting researchers visiting the CNST.
