Combined Heat and Power Partnership
U.S. Department of Energy - Loan Guarantee Program
| Date Last Updated | 11/16/2012 |
| Incentive Type | Loan |
| State/Federal | U.S./Federal |
| Incentive Administrator/Contact Office | U.S. Department of Energy |
| Incentive Initiation Date | 1/1/2005 |
| Incentive Size and Funding Source | The Federal Energy Policy Act of 2005 authorizes the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to issue more than $10 billion in loan guarantees for energy efficiency, renewable energy and advanced transmission and distribution projects. |
| Eligible Recipient | Project developers must have projects that "avoid, reduce or sequester air pollutants or anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases; and employ new or significantly improved technologies as compared to commercial technologies in service in the United States at the time the guarantee is issued." The focus of this program encompasses energy efficiencies and reducing greenhouse gases (rather than focusing only on renewables), therefore CHP technologies can be assumed to be potentially eligible if a project meets the "new/improved" technology criteria. |
| Eligible Fuel | Does Not Specify |
| Eligible Project Size (MW) | Does Not Specify |
| Minimum Efficiency Required (%) | Does Not Specify |
| Other Selected Eligibility Criteria | Listed eligible projects include fuel cells and "Efficient electrical generation, transmission and distribution technologies," as well as renewables. Under the original authorization, loan guarantees were intended to encourage early commercial use of new or significantly improved technologies in energy projects. The loan guarantee program generally does not support research and development projects. The DOE actively promotes projects in three categories:
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| Other Incentive Details | The program has historically been designed to support larger scale renewable energy and biofuel projects. Previous applicants have mentioned some frustration in trying to apply this program to CHP, and have struggled with obtaining helpful guidance from DOE regarding eligibility and other program details. The DOE periodically makes new solicitations available. Information about current and past solicitations can be found here . |
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