energy specific funding opportunties




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Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and other state and federal funding announcements

The *Minnesota Department of Commerce *seeks to work with and facilitate connections with local and Tribal governments, utilities, businesses, communities and other entities interested in energy-related partnerships. The opportunities outlined below are funded by the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act (IIJA), the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and other state and federal programs.

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Energy-related Funding Awards to Minnesota Entities

Congratulations to the award recipients listed below who have received recent funding awards.? In future e-newsletters we will publicize awards to Minnesota entities as new announcements occur. To ensure we include your project award in our newsletter, please send the following information [email protected]:? <[email protected]>Project title, award amount, total project cost, a brief description of the project, and funding program title and number.?

Read on to learn more about the most recent innovative Minnesota energy projects (listed by Funding Opportunity Program), and the funding they have been awarded.? *Congratulations to all the recipients!*


* *Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships (GRIP) Grants*
* *Project Name:*?IIJA 40103b - Grid Innovation Program for the Joint Targeted Interconnection Queue Transmission (JTIQ [ [link removed] ]) Study Process and Portfolio
*Selectee name:*?Minnesota Department of Commerce
*Location:*? Iowa, Kansas, North Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Missouri, South Dakota
*Federal Cost Share:*?$464 million
*Summary:*?Leveraging an innovative partnership and collaboration among states, the project will coordinate the planning, design, and construction of five transmission projects across seven Midwest states, known as the Joint Targeted Interconnection Queue (JTIQ) Portfolio. The JTIQ Process replaces the traditional interconnection study approach with a coordinated, long-range, interregional assessment that studies multiple projects at once, resulting in more regionally optimized transmission solutions and an innovative cost-share allocation approach.


* *Project Name:* IIJA 40101c -?Wildfire Mitigation? [ [link removed] ]and Extreme Weather Resilience for Xcel Energy.
*Selectee name:*?Xcel Energy Services, Inc.
*Location:*?Colorado, Minnesota, New Mexico, Texas, and Wisconsin
*Federal Cost?Share:*?$100 million
*Summary:* ?Xcel Energy will implement Upper Midwest projects in Minnesota related to mitigating extreme weather event risks, undergrounding of lines, micro-grid development for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color community centers in Minnesota; and a system resilience installation for a wastewater treatment facility in Wisconsin. Funding will also allow Xcel to undertake a school bus-to-building electric vehicle (EV) demonstration project, develop an EV charging program to ensure emergency evacuation vehicles are fully charged, and implement seven projects in its Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas service territory that will provide system-wide wildfire risk mitigation measures.


* *Project Name:* IIJA 40107 -?Minnesota Power [ [link removed] ] HVDC Terminal Expansion Capability?
*Selectee name:*?Allete Inc.?
*Location:*?Minnesota and North Dakota
*Federal Cost Share:*?$50 million
*Summary:*?The Minnesota Power HVDC Terminal Expansion Capability project will increase capacity to prepare the system for future expansion and the integration of clean energy resources. The project will also provide enhanced grid operations support and flexibility as well as improved system reliability as renewable energy resources become a larger part of electricity generation on the grid. Additionally, it will leverage existing assets to advance Minnesota?s carbon reduction goals, as established by state law in 2023, requiring utilities to deliver carbon-free electricity.

* *IIJA 40314 Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub*
* *Project Name:*?Heartland Hydrogen Hub [ [link removed] ]
*Selectee name:*?Heartland Hub (HH2H)
*Location:*?North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota
*Federal Cost Share:* Up to $925 million?
*Contractor:* Energy and Environmental Research Center (EERC)
*Summary:* This project will leverage the region?s abundant energy resources to help decarbonize the agricultural sector?s production of fertilizer and decrease the regional cost of clean hydrogen. The Heartland Hydrogen Hub also proposes to use clean hydrogen for power generation in a manner that may catalyze co-firing hydrogen in utility-owned generation across the country. The Hub plans to offer unique opportunities of equity ownership with the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation and to local farmers and farmer co-ops through a private sector partnership that will allow local farmers to receive more competitive pricing for clean fertilizer.

* *Buildings Upgrade Prize*
* *Project Name:*?Equity-Centered Pathway Phase 1 Winners [ [link removed] ]
*Selectee name:*?Community Power/Cooperative Energy Futures
*Location:*?Minneapolis, MN
*Federal Award:*?Community Power will receive a $200,000 cash award (50% of the total team award).?Cooperative Energy Futures will receive a $200,000 cash award (50% of the total team award).
*Summary:?*?This project will upgrade 2,000-plus Minnesota homes by creating access to upfront capital, data integration, and providing community-trusted support through a navigator position.
* *Project Name:*?Equity-Centered Pathway Phase 1 Winners [ [link removed] ]
*Selectee name:*?Ecolibruim3
*Location:*?Duluth, MN
*Federal?Award:*?$400,000 cash award (100% of the total team award).
Summary: This project focuses on equitable electrification via a holistic support-centric approach including enhanced audits, guided support systems, and expanded training.?

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Recent and expected federal funding activity

The federal government issues a variety of announcements related to federal funding opportunities: Requests for Information (RFI), Notices of Intent (NOI) and Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOA). More information can be found on the Commerce Federal Funding Opportunities?web page [ [link removed] ] or by clicking the links below.

*To facilitate a quick review of this newsletter, the subject matter of included items is previewed here; full details can be found in the body of the newsletter.*

Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOA), Administrative and Legal Requirements Document (ALRD), Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), Requests for Applications (RFA) [ #FOA1 ]


* Industrial Assessment Centers (IAC) Implementation Grants
* Electric Vehicle Charger Reliability and Accessibility Accelerator
* Distributed Generation Energy Project Financing (USDA)
* Wholesale Electricity Market Studies and Engagement Program
* Environmental Justice for Climate (EJ4Climate) Grant Program
* Commercial-Scale Distributed Energy Systems Demonstration Projects
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Transmission Siting and Economic Development Grant ? Concept Paper Deadline Extension and New Competition Rounds Announced

Request for Proposals (RFP) [ #RequestforProposals ]


* Demand-Side RFP For Independent Entity

Notice of Intent [ #NoticeofIntent ]


* Strategies to Increase Hydropower Flexibility

Request for Information (RFI) [ #RequestforInformation ]


* Technologies that Decarbonize Commercial Facilities

Tribal Governments Funding Opportunities (FOA) and Request for Information (RFI) [ #Tribal ]


* EPA Climate Pollution Reduction Grants: Tribes and Territories Competition

Guidance on IRA Tax Credit Programs [ #taxes ]


* Low-Income Communities Bonus Credit Program

Rebates [ #Rebates ]


* Clean School Bus Rebate Program

Incentive Payments [ #IncentivePayments ]


* Advanced Biofuel Payment Program in Minnesota (USDA)

Prizes/Awards [ #PrizesAwards ]


* Direct Air Capture Commercial (CDR) Purchase Pilot Prize

Student Scholarships/Competitions/Fellowships [ #ScholarshipsStudentCompetitions ]


* 2023-2025 AlgaePrize

Technical Assistance [ #TechnicalAssistance ]


* Clean Energy to Communities (C2C): Peer-Learning Cohorts and Expert Match

Webinars [ #webinars ]


* H2IQ Hour Webinar: HyBlend Initiative

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*IIJA Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOA)*

* *Section 40521 - **Industrial Assessment Centers (IAC) Implementation Grants*
* Application [ [link removed] ]
* *Deadline*: December 31, 2023 | This FOA is open on a rolling basis with deadlines on: March 31, June 30, and September 30, 2024.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), in collaboration with its Partnership Intermediary, ENERGYWERX, has re-opened applications for small and medium-sized manufacturing firms (SMMs) to receive grants of up to $300,000, at 50% cost share, to implement recommendations made in Industrial Assessment Centers (IAC) assessments and/or DOE Combined Heat and Power Technical Assistance Partnership (CHP TAP). Eligible SMMs must be a manufacturer, have gross annual sales of less than $100 million, annual energy bills between $100,000 and $3.5 million, and have fewer than 500 employees.

These grants will support projects improving energy and material efficiency, increasing productivity, and reducing emissions at SMMs, advancing the objectives of the Justice40 Initiative by creating pathways to high-quality jobs in disadvantaged communities while improving business performance and increasing energy affordability.? Where possible, projects should utilize registered apprenticeship programs and IAC Program participants in implementation efforts.


* *Electric Vehicle Charger Reliability and Accessibility Accelerator*
* 693JJ324NF00001 [ [link removed] ]
* *Deadline: *November 13, 2023

The U.S. Department of Transportation is providing up to $100 million for grant funding to state DOTs and local governments for repair or replacement of broken or non-operational publicly available (Level 2 or Direct Current Fast Charging) EV chargers. Publicly accessible chargers include either publicly and privately owned chargers, but funded projects must be focused on broken and non-operational charging infrastructure listed in the Alternative Fuels Station Locator [ [link removed] ]. Based on initial estimates of eligible chargers and the funding available, *FHWA anticipates that all eligible projects will likely be awarded under this NOFO.* There is a 20% match requirement.

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*IRA Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOA)*

* *IRA 50152 - Transmission Siting and Economic Development Grant ? Concept Paper Deadline Extension and New Competition Rounds Announced*
* DE-FOA-0003101 Mod. 1 [ [link removed] ]
* *New Deadlines: *Concept Papers: November 17, 2023 | Application: April 5, 2024? | Two additional application phases will be held in Summer 2024 and Fall 2025
* An informational webinar was held on September 14, 2023.?Slides and a? [ [link removed] ]recording are?available on GDO's website.

The Grid Deployment Office (GDO) announced an extension of the concept paper due date, for the previously announced Transmission Siting and Economic Development funding opportunity. In addition, the GDO has announced this program is expected to be opened for two additional rounds of funding, in the summer of 2024 and in the fall of 2025.

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*Other Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOA)*

* *Distributed Generation Energy Project Financing (USDA)*
* Information on Loans [ [link removed] ]

The RUS Electric Program can provide loans and loan guarantees to energy project developers for distributed energy projects including renewables that provide wholesale or retail electricity to existing Electric Program borrowers or to rural communities served by other utilities. Energy project developers interested in distributed energy projects and electric program borrowers or other utilities that serve rural areas can apply for this financing. For project loans, there are three typical situations:

Existing borrower (cooperative) owns and operates the project.

A project developer builds and operates the project that has PPAs to serve rural customers such as existing RUS borrowers and/or other off-takers.

A wholly-owned subsidiary of an existing RUS borrower owns and operates the project and has a PPA with the RUS borrower to take the entire output.

For an existing borrower (cooperative) owns and operates the project: This situation is treated like a traditional system loan where the cooperative owns the project, and it is an addition to its utility plant.

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* *Wholesale Electricity Market Studies and Engagement Program *
* DE-FOA-0003126 [ [link removed](FOA).docx ]
* *Deadlines:* Concept Papers: November 3, 2023|?Applications: January?19, 2024

The DOE?s Grid Development Office issued this $9 million FOA to provide technical and financial assistance to states, regional system operators (RTOs), Independent System Operators (ISOs), and domestic entities that have partnered with States and/or RTOs/ISOs to develop, expand, and improve wholesale electricity markets by funding analytical studies on critical market issues or convening stakeholders to address issues facing developing or existing wholesale markets.

*Topic Area 1 Analytical Studies:* 1) seams between markets, 2) regional resource adequacy, 3) market design and price formation, 4) regional footprint studies, and 5) integrated regional planning approaches.

*Topic Area 2: Education and Convenings:* Facilitating States (individually or in collaboration with other States), public interest organizations, and utility to hold replicable convenings and education programs for consensus-building on market structures or reforms available in or appropriate for differing regions related to wholesale electricity markets. Convenings on wholesale electricity markets must involve more than one State and/or RTO/ISO.

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* *Environmental Justice for Climate (EJ4Climate) Grant Program*
* *Deadline: *November 9, 2023
* Call for Proposals [ [link removed] ]
* Application [ [link removed] ]
* Additional Information [ [link removed] ]

The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) established this grant program to provide individual grants of up to ~$145,000 for projects that target underserved and vulnerable communities and Indigenous communities to prepare them for climate-related impacts. *The EJ4Climate Grant Program provides funding directly to community-based organizations* and seeks to support environmental justice by facilitating the involvement and empowerment of communities searching for solutions and the development of partnerships to address their environmental and human health vulnerabilities, including those due to climate change impacts.? The CEC is seeking project proposals that:

Support?community resilience to climate change?and climate-related impacts.

Benefit?underserved and vulnerable communities, and/or?Indigenous communities, and ensure the?meaningful participation?of local residents.

Include a sound?implementation plan identifying actors, actions, beneficiaries, goals, and?tangible, measurable results.

Create?formal or informal partnerships, collaborations, or linkages?among relevant stakeholders.

Eligible entities include nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations, civil society groups, environmental groups, community-based associations, faith-based organizations, Tribal nations, and Indigenous Peoples and communities.

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* *Commercial-Scale Distributed Energy Systems Demonstration Projects*
* DE-FOA-0003139 [ [link removed](1).pdf ]
* *Deadlines: *Concept Papers: November 16, 2023 | Applications: February 29, 2024

The U.S. Department of Energy?s Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) announced up to $50 million in funding for transformative at-scale projects within distribution systems, demonstrating approaches to integrate grid-edge renewable and distributed energy systems into broader energy networks. Eligible applicants include utilities, including municipal, cooperative and investor owned, and for-profit entities currently engaged in grid service provision via an established portfolio of aggregated distributed energy resources.

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*Request for Proposals (RFP)*

* *Demand-Side RFP For Independent Entity*
* DE-FOA-0003187 [ [link removed] ]
* *Deadline: *October 26, 2023

The Department of Energy (DOE) seeks to select an entity or entities to administer a new demand-side support program designed to accelerate commercialization of, and demonstrate the production, processing, delivery, storage, and end-use of clean hydrogen at the DOE-funded Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs (H2Hubs). The selected entity will be a not-for-profit entity with a primary place of business within the US, territories, and possessions and must be led by a US national.

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*Notice of Intent (NOI)*

* *Strategies to Increase Hydropower Flexibility*
* DE-FOA-0003189 [ [link removed] ]
* FOA when announced: DE-FOA-0003103 (expected in November 2023)

On behalf of the Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO), the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) intends to issue a $9.5 million Funding Opportunity Announcement to advance hydropower flexibility. Three topic areas are expected to be included in the FOA, all to increase the flexibility of hydropower: 1) Hybridized hydropower demonstrations, 2) Technologies to Increase, and 3) Operational Flexibility. ?

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Request for Information (RFI)

* *Technologies that Decarbonize Commercial Facilities*
* Solicitation #FY24RFI101623 [ [link removed] ]
* *Deadline: *December 8, 2023
* *Informational Webinar:* November 9, 2023 | 12:00 PM CT | Register [ [link removed] ]

The U.S. General Services Administration, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy?s Building Technologies Office (BTO), is issuing a Request for Information (RFI) for technologies that optimize buildings for efficiency, health, and fossil-fuel-free operations. Responses will be evaluated and considered for inclusion in GSA?s Green Proving Ground (GPG) program (for federally-owned facilities) and/or DOE-facilitated voluntary partnership programs (for privately-owned facilities). Any selected technologies must be gifted to GSA for in-facility validation or arranged independently at Better Building partner sites. Proposed technologies should support:

1. Deep Energy Retrofits
2. All-Electric Buildings and All Electric Vehicle Fleets
3. Net Zero Operations
4. Healthy and Resilient Buildings
5. Building Commissioning and Control

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*Tribal Governments Funding Opportunities (FOA) and Request for Information (RFI)*

* *EPA Climate Pollution Reduction Grants: Tribes and Territories Competition *
* EPA-R-OAR-CPRGT-23-09 [ [link removed] ]
* *Deadlines:* Optional Notice of Intent to Apply: March 1, 2024 | Priority Climate Action Plan: April 1, 2024 |Applications: May 1, 2024

The EPA has announced up to $300 million of funding for the Climate Pollution Reduction Implementation Grants (CPRG) exclusively for tribes and territories. The CPRG is designed to enable tribes to achieve significant GHG reductions, achieve substantial community benefits, complement other funding sources to maximize benefits, and pursue replicable innovative policies and programs that can be ?scaled up? across multiple jurisdictions. EPA expects to award 25 to 100 grants ranging between $1 million and $25 million.

Projects submitted for Implementation Grant funding must implement one or more measures included in an applicable Priority Climate Action Plan (PCAP) developed with funding from a CPRG planning grant; PCAPs convey an applicant?s plan to reduce greenhouse gases (GHG). Implementation grant applications can be submitted by tribes, territorial municipalities, and tribal and territorial agencies *that did not directly receive planning grant funds* not just by the lead organization that did receive CPRG planning grant funds. Lead organizations for CPRG planning grants are required to make their PCAPs available to other entities for their use in developing implementation grant applications, and EPA will publicly post all PCAPs received on the CPRG website [ [link removed] ]. EPA also encourages eligible applicants that are considering applying for a CPRG implementation grant to participate in the PCAP development process and provide input on priority measures to include in the plan, in collaboration with other participants and stakeholders.

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Guidance on IRA Tax Credit Programs

* *Low-Income Communities Bonus Credit Program *

The Application Period for the Low-Income Communities Bonus Credit Program under Section 48(e) of the Internal Revenue Code opened October 19, 2023. This program provides a 10 or 20-percentage point boost to the energy investment credit for qualified solar or wind facilities that are in low-income (LI) communities or on Indian land, are part of affordable housing developments, or benefit LI households.?The final regulations and program materials that will help applicants prepare their submissions are available on the DOE landing page [ [link removed] ].

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Rebates

* *Clean School Bus Rebate Program*
* Application [ [link removed] ]
* Deadline: January 31, 2024
* Various Webinars [ [link removed] ]
* Additional Information [ [link removed] ]

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law of 2021 authorizes EPA to offer rebates to replace existing school buses with clean and zero-emission models. Eligible entities include public school districts, Tribal applicants, and third parties. Rebate applications can request funds for replacing up to 25 buses. The maximum rebate amount per bus is dependent on 1) the replacement bus fuel type, 2) the replacement bus size, and 3) whether the school district served by the buses is prioritized (high need, rural or BIA funded school districts).

To be eligible for replacement, existing school buses must:

1. Be vehicle model year 2010 or older diesel-powered school buses that will be scrapped if selected for funding.
2. Have a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating of 10,001 pounds or more.
3. Be operational at the time of application submission.
4. Have provided bus service to the public school district listed on the application for at least 3 days per week on average during the 2022/2023 school year at the time of application.

Selectees may also be eligible for Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) tax credits applicable to their bus and infrastructure purchases; namely, the Commercial Clean Vehicle Credit provides up to $40,000 for qualified commercial clean vehicles and the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property Credit provides up to $100,000 for qualified charging and refueling infrastructure. Please see the?Internal Revenue Service (IRS) [ [link removed] ]?website for more information on these credits.?

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Incentive Payments

* *Advanced Biofuel Payment Program in Minnesota** (USDA)*
* To Apply [ [link removed] ]
* Program Period: October 1, 2023 ? October 30, 2023* - *Applications are accepted in October of each year. To enroll, a producer must file an application and information by October 31st.

Any entity that produces and sells advanced biofuel is eligible to apply for this payment. An advanced biofuel producer can be an individual, corporation, company, foundation, association, labor organization, firm, partnership, society, joint-stock company, governmental entities, schools and other types of educational facilities, group of organizations, or?a nonprofit entity that produces and sells an advanced biofuel. Quarterly payments are made for the actual quantity of eligible advanced biofuel produced during the quarter. ?Eligible advanced biofuels:


* Must meet the definition of an advanced biofuel in?7 CFR Part 4288.102; [ [link removed] ]
* Are a liquid, gas, or solid;
* Must be derived from renewable biomass, other than corn kernel starch;
* Must be a final product;
* Are produced in the United States;
* Are ones where the buyers and sellers act independently and have no relationship to each other.

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Prizes/Awards

* *Direct Air Capture Commercial (CDR) Purchase Pilot Prize*
* Official Rules [ [link removed] ]
* *Phase 1 Submission Deadline: *November 30, 2023

DOE?s Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) Purchase Pilot will provide up to $35 million in awards to private entities and academic institutions over three (3) phases: CDR credit concept proposal, sample purchase contracts, and finalist awards for CDR successfully delivered and verified.? Proposals should seek to innovate and evaluate how governments can structure offtake agreements with CDR project developers in a robust, transparent, and competitive manner and should focus on one of four technology pathways: 1) Direct air capture; 2) Biomass (BiCRS) technologies; 3) Enhanced geological weathering and enhanced mineralization technologies; 4) Planned and managed carbon sinks.

Under the Phase approach, teams will win increasingly larger awards as the project progresses. ?Each phase requires compounding progress in the CDR purchase agreement and delivery process.

Phase 1 Requirements: Design a CDR Credit Concept Proposal, outlining key contract terms and information. Up to 25 winners with $50,000 cash prize per winner

Phase 2 Requirements: Only winners of Phase 1 are eligible. Refine, advance, and structure CDR offtake agreement plan. Draft and submit a binding offer to DOE for the purchase of CDR within the Purchase Pilot Timeline. Up to 10 winners with $375,000 cash prize per winner.

Phase 3 Requirements: Only winners of phase 2 are eligible. Deliver the verified CDR committed to DOE on the scheduled timeline and criteria established within the contract structure and agreed-upon requirements. Up to 10 winners with CDR purchase awards up to $3 million per winner.

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Scholarships/Student Competitions/Fellowships

* *2023-2025 AlgaePrize*
* AlgaePrize website [ [link removed] ]
* *Deadlines: *Registration Closes: November 1, 2023 |Research Synopses Due: December 13, 2023

Part of the DOE?s American-Made Challenges program, AlgaePrize challenges students to become the next generation of bioeconomy professionals by expanding novel solutions supporting gigaton-scale algae commercialization.?AlgaePrize competition teams can include high schoolers, undergraduate or graduate students advancing algal commercial enhancement, ecological services, education, training, and workforce development.? Student teams will focus on one of three categories:


* Production
* Downstream Processing
* Novel Products, Analytical Tools, or Ecosystem Services

There are 2 separate rounds of prizes: 1) Research Synopsis Prize, with $10,000 in prizes possible, and 2) Final Awards, with an additional $10,000 prize available.? A single Grand Champion team will be awarded an additional $15,000 grand prize.

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Technical Assistance

* *Clean Energy to Communities (C2C): Peer-Learning Cohorts and Expert Match*
* *Deadline:* October 31, 2023 for the upcoming January 2024 launch

Technical assistance is offered through two programs:

*Expert Match Program:?*Application [ [link removed] ]

C2C Expert Match [ [link removed] ] program provides 40?60 hours of technical assistance over the course of 3 months to help communities address short-term energy goals through tailored strategic support. Expert Match accepts requests on a rolling basis.

*Peer Learning Cohorts:?*?2024 Application [ [link removed] ]

Participants gather best practices, strategies, and tools from national lab experts, while also exchanging insights, experiences, and lessons learned with peers from across the United States. Upcoming cohort topics [ [link removed] ] include:??Evaluating and Prioritizing Municipal Buildings for Energy Efficiency and Decarbonization Investment;?Enhancing Resilience at Critical Municipal Facilities Through Solar, Storage, and Microgrids;?Designing Engagement to Shape Community-Wide Transportation Electrification?

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Webinars

* *H2IQ Hour Webinar: HyBlend Initiative *
* October 26, 2023 | 11:00 AM CT | Register [ [link removed] ]

This webinar will provide an overview of hydrogen blending materials and analysis research conducted under the HyBlend Initiative. The Pipeline Blending CRADA (a HyBlend project) was launched in 2021 to address the key technical barriers in materials compatibility, techno-economic analysis, and environmental life cycle analysis associated with blending hydrogen into natural gas pipelines.

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Energy-specific funding opportunities, Commerce is here for you

The *Minnesota Department of Commerce *seeks to work with and facilitate connections with local and Tribal governments, utilities, businesses, communities and other entities interested in energy-related partnerships. The opportunities outlined here are funded by the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act (IIJA), the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and other federal and state energy programs. Interested in partnering with Commerce on funding opportunities or have questions? Stay updated by clicking *subscribe below* and e-mail us [email protected].

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