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Funding Resources
Funding Resources
| IA Alternate Energy Revolving Loan Program | |
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| Type of Incentive | Loan |
| Eligible States | IA |
| 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, LFG, Other |
| Eligible Project Size | All (MW) |
| Critical Information | The Alternate Energy Revolving Loan Program (AERLP) is administered by the Iowa Energy Center and funded by the state's investor-owned utilities. The AERLP provides loan funds to individuals and organizations that seek to build renewable energy production facilities in Iowa. Eligible renewable energy technologies include solar, biomass, wind and small hydro. Successful applicants will receive a single, low-interest loan that consists of a combination of AERLP funds and lender-provided funds. The AERLP provides 50% of the total loan at 0% interest, with a maximum of $250,000. The remainder of the loan is provided by a lender at market rate. The maximum loan term allowed for the AERLP funds is 20 years. As the loans are paid back to the Iowa Energy Center, those funds are channeled back into the program and are made available to new applicants. |
| Start Date | 1/1/1997 |
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| Additional Information | Technical applications for projects with a total financed capital cost of $50,000 or less are reviewed on a continuous basis. Higher cost project are reviewed on a quarterly basis according to the following deadlines: Oct. 31, Jan. 31, Apr. 30 and July 31. As of July 2007, the AERLP had provided loans of more than $10 million in support of 74 renewable energy projects. |
| Web Site | http://www.energy.iastate.edu/AERLP/index.htm |
| Additional Web Site | http://www.dsireusa.org/library/includes/ incentive2.cfm?Incentive_Code=IA06F&state=IA&CurrentPageID=1&RE=1&EE=1 |
| Primary Contact | Keith Kutz 2521 University Blvd. Suite 124 Ames, IA 50010-8229 U.S.A. Keith Kutz (kkutz@energy.iastate.edu) (515) 294-8819 (515) 294-9912 |