LPO provides debt financing for the commercial deployment of large-scale energy projects. After reading about the respective program’s requirements, potential borrowers are encouraged to seek a pre-application consultation to discuss eligiblity requirements and the application process directly with LPO staff. Including a brief description of the proposed project in your email is helpful.

• Title 17 Innovative Energy Loan Guarantee Program (Advanced Fossil Energy, Advanced Nuclear Energy, Renewable Energy & Efficient Energy), email lgprogram@hq.doe.gov
• Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program, email atvmloan@hq.doe.gov
• Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program, email telgp@hq.doe.gov

The Product Development and Small Business Incubator Fund (PDSBI) offers long-term, asset-backed loans to product development companies and small business incubators/accelerators located in Texas. The loans finance the development and production of new or improved products or the stimulations of new or existing small businesses in Texas. The program targets those businesses which may be unable to obtain full financing or financing on workable terms in traditional capital markets.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced the third cycle of its Rural Energy Savings Program and is accepting proposals for cost-effective energy improvements in homes and businesses of rural electric utility consumers. The topics of interest range across HVAC upgrades, energy storage,  water efficiency improvements, and other renewable energy systems.

The USDA’s Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Program is soliciting research ideas that seek to assist the development, construction and retrofitting of commercial bio-refineries using clean energy technologies.

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The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) invites applications for improving the water and waste disposal systems in rural America. The various program goals include the following: improved water systems and service, reduction in water-borne illness, the creation of economic opportunity in rural America and improved water system operations through technical assistance.

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