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Funding Resources
Funding Resources
| ME Voluntary Renewable Resource Grant | |
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| Type of Incentive | Grant |
| Eligible States | ME |
| Eligible Technology | Backpressure Turbine, Boiler, Combustion Turbine, Condensing Turbine, Extracting Turbine, Fuel Cell, Microturbine, Other, Reciprocating Engine, Heat Recovery Generator, Stirling Engine |
| Eligible Fuel | Biogas, Biomass, Hydrogen, Municipal Solid Waste, Other |
| Eligible Project Size | 0-100 |
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| Size of Award | The Voluntary Renewable Resources Fund was established by the Maine Legislature in 2000 and is supported by contributions made by consumers on their electric bill. Grants are allocated to small-scale demonstration projects designed to educate the community on the value and cost-effectiveness of harnessing natural resources for clean electricity. Organizations eligible to receive funding include Maine-based nonprofit organizations, consumer-owned electric cooperatives, and quasi-municipal corporations. Grants of up to $50,000 are awarded to qualifying projects. Eligible technologies include biomass energy and/or municipal solid waste. Projects must be under 100 MW in capacity or qualify as a small power production facility under Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rules. Proposals are accepted on a rolling basis. |
| Start Date | 3/1/2000 |
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| Additional Information | * This grant program has no designated expiration date. |
| Web Site | http://www.efficiencymaine.com/renewable_programs_voluntary.htm  |
| Additional Web Site | http://www.dsireusa.org/library/includes/ incentive2.cfm?Incentive_Code=ME03F&state=ME&CurrentPageID=1&RE=1&EE=1 |
| Primary Contact | Shirley Bartlett Efficiency Maine 18 State House Station Augusta, ME U.S.A. Shirley Bartlett (shirley.bartlett@maine.gov) (207) 287-3318 (207) 287-1039 |