This new round of funding supports community-driven projects that demonstrate clean energy systems, deliver measurable and sustained benefits to people who live in rural or remote areas, and build clean energy knowledge, capacity, and self-reliance throughout rural America. Read the notice of funding opportunity here.
Deadline:
- Required concept paper by February 27, 2025 at 5:00pm ET
- Full applications by August 28, 2025 at 5:00pm ET
Award amount:
- Open category: $10-$50 million
- Dual use and co-location: $10-$50 million
- Smaller-scaled community-centered: $2-$10 million
- Isolated micrograms and unnelectrified buildings: $2-$10 million
Cost-share requirement: Non-federal 5 to 50% cost-share
Technical assistance: National Renewable Energy Laboratory