This two-year fellowship uses funding from the state governments of New York, California, and Massachusets, as well as from foundations, private parties, and universities, to support the development of climate and clean energy technologies.
This is one of two programs under the California Energy Conservation Assistance Act. Under this Act, the California Energy Commission provides cities, counties, special districts, and certain other public institutions with 1%-interest loans capped at $3 million to finance energy efficiency and energy generation. Eligible
The “Local Government Challenge” is a large grant that is broken down into several smaller challenges based on the size and type of government applying: Energy Innovation Challenge Grants, Small Government Leadership Grants, and Tribal Government Challenge.
The Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) administers a GHG Reduction loan program to assist “recycling manufacturers.” Eligible applicants include government authorities, private for-profit entities, and non-profit organizations. Eligible projects must reduce overall GHG emissions associated with California-generated waste materials and include facilities that
The Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) administers a program that funds new and expanded waste co-digestion projects to achieve GHG emissions reductions. Eligible applicants include local governments, cities, counties, and regional or local sanitation and waste agencies. This program only supports food waste
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has a multi-sectoral cap-and-trade system that requires businesses to purchase allowances equivalent to their emissions, incentivizing mitigation and the uptake of renewable thermal solutions. The program is designed to contribute to the state’s goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
This is a property tax exclusion for the installation of active solar energy systems. This differs from an exemption in that the addition of the system’s value to that of the real property is never assessed in the first place. The solar energy system can
While this is a general tax exemption for properties that deal with electric power, the inclusion of “storage of electric power” indicates that thermal storage systems that generate heat from electricity could also receive the exemption.
This is a sales and use tax exemption for various processes (e.g., advanced manufacturing, advanced transportation). Of particular interest is “alternative sources”, which broadly include technologies used for renewable electrical generation facilities, distributed generation, energy storage technologies, and other technologies that reduce the need for
This law mandates that the California Air Resources Board lead an evaluation, to be completed by June 1, 2024, concerning the role of green hydrogen in the state. This report will examine how green hydrogen can help achieve state climate objectives, what infrastructure the large-scale
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