Michigan Receives $129M Federal Grant to Support Utility-Scale, Clean-Energy Projects
Michigan has received a federal grant worth millions of dollars to fund utility-scale, clean-energy projects. The $129 million grant was announced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to help advance Michigan’s efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
According to EPA Midwest regional administrator Debra Shore, the grant will be used to provide assistance and incentives to local as well as tribal governments to speed up clean-energy projects. This will in turn accelerate renewable -energy adoption at scale and put Michigan on track to achieving its goal of using 60% green energy by 2030, Shore said.
The grant would also be instrumental in pushing Michigan to become completely carbon neutral by mid-century, per Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s MI Healthy Climate plan. A statement from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (“EGLE”) noted that the federal grant would fund the establishment of a Renewables Ready Communities Program.
This program will support a myriad of clean-energy-related initiatives across the stage. This includes helping tribal and local governments that use local processes to approve and host utility-scale clean-energy and stationary-energy storage projects. The program will also fund the creation of a Brownfield Renewable Energy Pilot Program to provide grants for clean-energy projects located on industrial or commercial sites with potential contamination.
The Renewable Energy Academy at EGLE will also receive funding from the program to bolster its technical assistance capabilities, allowing it to help tribal and local governments with planning, permitting and siting processes more effectively. Furthermore, the grant will help fund the development of a Renewables Ready Communities Strategic Plan to streamline the state’s assessments of how and where it should install brownfield renewable energy and utility-scale, green-energy projects in time to meet its 2030 renewable-energy goals.
The program will also fund the training of the labor force that Michigan will require to build green-energy projects. Erin Newman, climate change mitigation coordinator for the EPA’s Region 5, says one of the reasons Michigan received the grant funding was because it had a climate plan and had already started laying the groundwork for the renewable-energy projects.
An EPA release from Congressman Dan Kildee noted the federal grant funding would help Michigan communities access the resources they need to return manufacturing jobs to the state and simultaneously preserve the environment. He said funding “critical investments” will be the key to cutting air pollution, advancing environmental justice, addressing the increasingly dire climate crisis and speeding up America’s transition to renewables.
With such funding, states could explore various green-energy solutions, including options being innovated by companies such as FuelPositive Corp. (TSX.V: NHHH) (OTCQB: NHHHF) so that as many alternatives as possible can be used to meet the energy needs of residents.
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Michigan has received a federal grant worth millions of dollars to fund utility-scale, clean-energy projects. The $129 million grant was announced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to help advance Michigan’s efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
According to EPA Midwest regional administrator Debra Shore, the grant will be used to provide assistance and incentives to local as well as tribal governments to speed up clean-energy projects. This will in turn accelerate renewable -energy adoption at scale and put Michigan on track to achieving its goal of using 60% green energy by 2030, Shore said.
The grant would also be instrumental in pushing Michigan to become completely carbon neutral by mid-century, per Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s MI Healthy Climate plan. A statement from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (“EGLE”) noted that the federal grant would fund the establishment of a Renewables Ready Communities Program.
This program will support a myriad of clean-energy-related initiatives across the stage. This includes helping tribal and local governments that use local processes to approve and host utility-scale clean-energy and stationary-energy storage projects. The program will also fund the creation of a Brownfield Renewable Energy Pilot Program to provide grants for clean-energy projects located on industrial or commercial sites with potential contamination.
The Renewable Energy Academy at EGLE will also receive funding from the program to bolster its technical assistance capabilities, allowing it to help tribal and local governments with planning, permitting and siting processes more effectively. Furthermore, the grant will help fund the development of a Renewables Ready Communities Strategic Plan to streamline the state’s assessments of how and where it should install brownfield renewable energy and utility-scale, green-energy projects in time to meet its 2030 renewable-energy goals.
The program will also fund the training of the labor force that Michigan will require to build green-energy projects. Erin Newman, climate change mitigation coordinator for the EPA’s Region 5, says one of the reasons Michigan received the grant funding was because it had a climate plan and had already started laying the groundwork for the renewable-energy projects.
An EPA release from Congressman Dan Kildee noted the federal grant funding would help Michigan communities access the resources they need to return manufacturing jobs to the state and simultaneously preserve the environment. He said funding “critical investments” will be the key to cutting air pollution, advancing environmental justice, addressing the increasingly dire climate crisis and speeding up America’s transition to renewables.
With such funding, states could explore various green-energy solutions, including options being innovated by companies such as FuelPositive Corp. (TSX.V: NHHH) (OTCQB: NHHHF) so that as many alternatives as possible can be used to meet the energy needs of residents.
NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to FuelPositive Corp. (TSX.V: NHHH) (OTCQB: NHHHF) are available in the company’s newsroom at https://ibn.fm/NHHHF
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