Key Dates: Application Due: September 3, 2009; 11:59 p.m. EST
Anticipated Award Announcement:  January 2010
Award Received:  February 2010

Program Information: The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) works to strengthen the United States' energy security, environmental quality, and economic vitality in public-private partnerships. It supports this goal through enhancing energy efficiency and productivity; bringing clean, reliable and affordable energy technologies to the marketplace; and making a difference in the everyday lives of Americans by enhancing their energy choices and their quality of life.

Grant Information: The purpose of this grant is to move EERE toward one of its goals to improve knowledge and to promote acceleration of market adoption of renewable energy technologies. Projects should address the technical, economic, and policy barriers to implementing a combination of renewable energy technologies into one integrated solution for a community to reduce its carbon footprint.  Projects should support and enable the deployment goals across the portfolio of EERE's renewable energy programs, with the intent of creating examples that can be further replicated by other communities, nationally and internationally.  Eligibility for this award is restricted to state and local governments, Indian Tribes and Tribal Energy Resource Development Organizations or Groups.

For More Information: Go to Fedconnect.net for more complete information. Search Funding Announcement Number: DE-FOA-0000122