This is an annual grant solicitation by the U.S. Dept. of Energy.  The Energy Office will compete with other states in a number of project areas related to energy efficiency and renewable energy.  Individuals are not eligible to be partners.  Private and public organizations are eligible to partner with the Energy Office. The project areas include Clean Cities, Industrial Technology Outreach, Building Codes, Rebuild America, Building America, Photovoltaic Building Integrated Micro Inverters, Wind Power, Biomass, Integration with Air Quality Issues, and Federal Energy Management Program. 

The state deadline is Wednesday, April 13, 2005, 5:00 PM.

The Energy Office is interested in partnering with institutions and businesses who are interested in any of the project areas.  The Energy Office is the official grant applicant so you have to apply through our office.  The grants will be very competitive and the Energy Office is not able to prepare a grant application for you.  This federal application process is not easy.  You should do the following:

1. Read any project descriptions that interest you.
2. Read our state application instructions.
3. Review the federal application instructions.
4. If still interested, notify the Energy Office contact person about your interest.  Contacts are listed at the end of the state application instructions.

Project Descriptions:

01A: Clean Cities - AFV Incremental Costs

01B: Clean Cities - Refueling Infrastructure

01C: Clean Cities - School Buses

01D: Clean Cities - Coalition Support

01E: Clean Cities - Idle Reduction Technologies

01F: Clean Cities - Heavy Duty Hybrid Electric

02 - Industries of the Future

03 - Building Codes and Standards

04 - Rebuild America

05 - Building America

06 - Federal Energy Management Program

07 - Photovoltaic Building Integrated Micro-Inverter

08A - Wind Energy - Tall Towers

08B - Wind Energy - Wind and Water

09 - Regional Combined Heat & Power Application Center – There is already an established center at the University of Illinois that serves the Midwest region.

10 - Biomass

11 - Air Quality Integration

State Application Instructions

Federal Application Instructions

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