Energy Funding Matrix
Funding the clean energy transition has become a clear focus of the current administration. Recent pieces of legislation, such as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), have created dozens of grant, loan and financing programs for renewable energies. These opportunities were sourced across agencies and collected in a central location to ensure you find the relevant grant, loan or financing program that fits your organization’s renewable energy goals. MLS and Mintz have developed an ESG funding matrix that serves as an aggregate resource to help you leverage federal dollars in your clean and renewable energy efforts. This matrix is updated on a bi-weekly basis.
| Opportunity | Federal Office | Technologies | Description |
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| Regional Initiative to Accelerate Carbon Management Deployment | DOE (NETL) | Industrial Decarbonization and CCUS | The Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) intends to issue a Funding Opportunity Announcement seeking applications for financial assistance awards that would support the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management’s Carbon Transport and Storage Program. |
| Renewable Energy Siting through Technical Engagement and Planning (R-STEP) - Ro… | DOE | Solar | This opportunity will award up to $12 million—funded through the Inflation Reduction Act—to support the creation or expansion of state-based programs or initiatives that improve renewable energy siting processes at the state and local levels. DOE anticipates awarding approximately six to seven state-based collaboratives to establish or expand their programs or initiatives. Collaboratives will also benefit from tailored technical assistance and peer-to-peer learning opportunities. |
| Request for Proposals to Purchase Low-Enriched Uranium (LEU) from Domestic Sour… | DOE | Nuclear | This RFP is supported by $2.7 billion from the President’s Investing in America agenda. hrough this RFP, DOE will acquire LEU generated by new sources of domestic uranium enrichment capacity. These can include new enrichment facilities or projects that expand the capacity of existing enrichment facilities. DOE intends to sell the LEU to utilities operating U.S. reactors to support clean energy generation and sever reliance on Russian imports. DOE plans to award two or more contracts, which will last for up to 10 years. |
| Research on Crosscutting Foundational Science for Energy Earthshots | DOE (EERE) | Solar, Wind, Batteries and Energy Storage, Biofuels, Conservation, and Wastewater | The Energy Earthshots will accelerate breakthroughs towards more abundant, affordable, and reliable clean energy solutions. The awards supported by this funding opportunity will bring together small teams focused on the crosscutting scientific challenges addressing multiple Energy Earthshots. Research will support basic science to seed innovations or to provide the scientific understanding to support existing technology development pathways. |
| Rural and Municipal Utility Advanced Cybersecurity Grant and Technical Assistan… | BIL, DOE | Grid Modernization and Transmission | The goal of the Rural and Municipal Utility Advanced Cybersecurity Grant and Technical Assistance Program (RMUC Program) is to enhance the security posture of rural, municipal, and small investor-owned electric utilities and increase their participation in threat information sharing programs. |
| Rural Energy for America Program (Section 22002) | Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018, IRA, DOA | Solar, Wind, Geothermal, Hydrogen, Biofuels, Conservation, and Wastewater, Hydroelectric, Building Energy Efficiency | The Department of Agriculture's Rural Energy for America ("REAP") program provides guaranteed loan financing and grant funding to agricultural producers and rural small businesses for renewable energy systems or to make energy efficiency improvements. Up to $300 million of grant and loan guarantee funding has been announced under Section 22002 of REAP and 3,000 awards are expected. |
| Rural Energy for America Program Energy Audit & Renewable Energy Development As… | USDA | This program assists rural small businesses and agricultural producers by conducting and promoting energy audits and providing Renewable Energy Development Assistance (REDA). |
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| Rural Energy for America Program Renewable Energy Systems & Energy Efficiency I… | Solar, Wind, Geothermal, Hydrogen, Biofuels, Conservation, and Wastewater, Hydroelectric | The program provides guaranteed loan financing and grant funding to agricultural producers and rural small businesses for renewable energy systems or to make energy efficiency improvements. Agricultural producers may also apply for new energy efficient equipment and new system loans for agricultural production and processing. |
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| Rural Energy Pilot Program | USDA | ||
| Scale-Up of Integrated Biorefineries FY24 | DOE (EERE) | Biofuels, Conservation, and Wastewater, Industrial Decarbonization and CCUS | FY24 Scale-up of Integrated Biorefineries supports higher risk bioenergy technologies that are ready to scale, ultimately demonstrating feedstock-conversion variations, or production pathways, to support commercialization and meet the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Grand Challenge goal of 35 billion gallons per year of SAF production by 2050 and the Clean Fuels and Products Shot goal of 50% projected demand for maritime, rail, off-road, and renewable carbon-based chemicals by 2050. |