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

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The agency is preparin a comprehensive application on behalf of municipalk and private entities to send to the to receive its shared of Energy Efficiency and Conservation BlockGrant funding, some $157 The DOER is soliciting projects for submission, and estimates about 72 projects will receive funding. Projectse must be “shovel ready,” or readyt to begin within 120 days of receivingstimulus money. They also must work towardzs energy efficiency, alternative energy or greenhouse gas emissionreduction standards. Some of the projects eligible for fundinb include combined heat andpower systems, district energy systems, waste energy recovery or high efficiencyg industrial equipment.
Stimulus dollars will pay for up to 50 percent ofapprovexd projects. Proposals must be submitted to the DOER byJune 30. “j encourage businesses, municipalities and others to come forward with proposala for putting this federal funding to work here in said DOER Commissioner Philip Giudice in a preparedwritten “Increasing investment in these innovative energy technologiesz will move us furthe along the path to a cleanh energy future that Gov. (Deval) Patricmk is blazing for Massachusetts.
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