Florida Renewable Energy and Energy-Efficient
Technologies Grants Program
The Florida Energy and Climate Protection Act
established the Renewable Energy and Energy-Efficient
Technologies Grants Program to provide matching grants
for demonstration, commercialization, research and
development projects relating to renewable energy
technologies and innovative technologies that
significantly increase energy efficiency for vehicles
and commercial buildings. The grant program is designed
to stimulate capital investment in the state and promote
and enhance the statewide utilization of renewable
energy and energy-efficient technologies.
The 2008 Florida Legislature appropriated $15 million
in grant funding. Two separate Requests for Grant
Proposals have been issued. The first solicitation makes
available $7 million to support projects that generate
or utilize renewable energy resources, including
hydrogen, biomass, solar energy, geothermal energy, wind
energy, ocean energy, waste heat and hydroelectric
power. The second solicitation provides $8 million in
grant funding for bioenergy projects. Both programs can
include innovative technologies that significantly
increase energy efficiency for vehicles and commercial
buildings.
Grant funds are available to Florida municipalities
and county governments, established for-profit companies
licensed to do business in Florida, universities and
colleges in Florida, utilities located and operating
within Florida, not-for-profit organizations, and State
of Florida agencies.
2008 Request for Grant Proposals The Governor’s Energy Office provides staff support to the Florida Energy
and Climate Commission and is accepting proposals for
matching funding towards research, development,
demonstration and commercialization projects related to
renewable energy technologies and innovative
technologies that significantly increase energy
efficiency for vehicles and commercial buildings.
Proposals must be received no later than Thursday,
November 20, 2008, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
A copy of
the application form along with the grant program
guidelines and other relevant information can be
downloaded here:
CATEGORY 1: Renewable Energy and
Energy-Efficient (RE&EE)Technology Projects
CATEGORY
2: Bioenergy Projects
General
Reference
More information on
previous grant recipients can be found here:
Contact
Information
The Governor’s Energy Office provides staff
support to the Florida Energy and Climate Commission. If
you have any questions about the grant program that are
not answered in the “Supplemental Questions and Answers”
document posted above, please contact the Governor’s
Energy Office at:
Florida Energy and
Climate Commission
Executive Office of the Governor
600 South Calhoun Street, Suite 251
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0001
Phone: (850) 487-3800
Email: energy@eog.myflorida.com
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