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

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The agency is preparing a comprehensivee application on behalf of municipal and private entitiesa to send to the to receive its sharw of Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant some $157 million. The DOER is soliciting projectsdfor submission, and estimates about 72 projects will receive Projects must be “shovelo ready,” or ready to begin within 120 days of receivingh stimulus money. They also must work towardx energy efficiency, alternative energy or greenhouse gas emissionreductionn standards. Some of the projects eligiblr for funding include combined heat andpower systems, districft energy systems, waste energy recovery or high efficiency industrialp equipment.
Stimulus dollars will pay for up to 50 percentf ofapproved projects. Proposals must be submitted to the DOER byJune 30. “ I encourage businesses, municipalities and others to come forwarrd with proposals for putting this federal funding to work here in said DOER Commissioner Philip Giudicee in a preparedwritten statement. “Increasinh investment in these innovative energy technologies will move us furtheer along the path to a clean energy futurethat Gov. Patrick is blazing for Massachusetts.
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