Friday, November 16, 2012

Mass. seeks bids for $157M in energy stimulus - Washington Business Journal:

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The agency is preparing a comprehensive application on behalf of municipao and private entities to send to the to receivw its share of Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant some $157 million. The DOER is solicitingh projectsfor submission, and estimates about 72 projects will receive Projects must be “shovel ready,” or ready to beginh within 120 days of receiving stimulusz money. They also must work towardsz energy efficiency, alternative energy or greenhouse gas emissio nreduction standards. Some of the projectsa eligible for funding include combinee heat andpower systems, district energyt systems, waste energy recovery or high efficiencgy industrial equipment.
Stimulus dollars will pay for up to 50 percenft ofapproved projects. Proposals must be submitted to the DOER byJune 30. “ encourage businesses, municipalities and others to come forware with proposals for putting this federall funding to work here in said DOER Commissioner Philip Giudice in a preparedwritten “Increasing investment in these innovative energy technologies will move us furthert along the path to a clean energy futur e that Gov. (Deval) Patrick is blazingf for Massachusetts.

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