What grants are available for a start up business involved in renewable energy?
Answers:
From the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance CFDA http://www.cfda.gov here are some grants involving energy:
81.036 - Inventions and Innovations http://12.46.245.173/pls/portal30/catalo.
OBJECTIVES:
To encourage the development and commercialization of energy-saving inventions by providing financial and technical assistance to projects that have a potential for significant energy savings and future commercialization markets through a competitive solicitation process.
81.087 - Renewable Energy Research and Development
http://12.46.245.173/pls/portal30/catalo.
OBJECTIVES:
To conduct balanced research and development efforts in the following energy technologies: solar, distributed energy and electric reliability, biomass, hydrogen, fuel cells and infrastructure, wind and hydropower, hydrogen, and geothermal. Grants will be offered to develop and transfer to the nonfederal sector various renewable energy technologies on a competitive basis.
81.105 - National Industrial Competitiveness through Energy, Environment, and Economics
http://12.46.245.173/pls/portal30/catalo.
(Program in closeout - no more assistance to be provided in the future)
81.117 - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance
http://12.46.245.173/pls/portal30/catalo.
OBJECTIVES:
The Department of Energy (DOE) seeks to provide financial assistance for information dissemination, outreach, training and related technical analysis/assistance which will: (1) stimulate increased energy efficiency in transportation, buildings, industry and the Federal sector and encourage increased use of renewable and alternative energy; and (2) accelerate the adoption of new technologies to increase energy efficiency and the use of renewable and alternative energy through the competitive solicitation of applications.
To apply for grants, go to Grants.gov http://www.grants.gov . They have everything you need to apply for grants.
The first step is to register with Grants.gov and their registration process for organizations can be accessed from http://www.grants.gov/
1. Get a Data Universal Number System (DUNS) Number
2. Register with Central Contractor Registry (CCR)
3. Authorize your Organization's Representatives
4. Login as an E-Business Point of Contact (POC)
You will first be asked to find the grant number of the grant that you wish to apply for. You can get this from the Catalog of Domestic Assistant http://www.cfda.gov which is the federal database of all grants.
If you are applying for grants as an individual, here's their registration requirements http://grants.gov/assets/individualregch.
Register on http://www.grants.gov/. It's a day long process to register your business but it's worth it. It's actually 3 or 4 sites you have to register with in order to view the grant info.
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