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August 2004

DOE Awards $16 Million for 162 Efficiency, Renewable Energy Projects

Posted: August 13, 2004

DOE announced on August 9th that it will grant more than $16.3 million to 162 energy projects in 43 states and the District of Columbia as part of its State Energy Program. The Special Projects competitive grants include 66 "Clean Cities" grants to support the deployment of alternative fuels and alternative-fueled vehicles; 33 "Rebuild America" grants to assist community-based partnerships in improving the energy performance of commercial, government, multifamily, and public-housing buildings; 16 grants to support states' building codes and standards activities; 14 grants to encourage energy efficiency in energy-intensive industries and to support educational programs for industrial energy efficiency; 7 grants to support regional application centers to help deploy combined cooling, heating, and power technologies; 7 grants to promote biomass technologies; 6 "Building America" grants to build highly energy-efficient houses; 5 grants to support projects of the Federal Energy Management Program; 5 grants to measure wind energy resources at heights of 100 meters or more; and 3 grants to deploy solar energy technologies on polluted "brownfield" sites. See the DOE press release.

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