Energy Funding Matrix

Funding the clean energy transition has become a clear focus of the current administration. Recent pieces of legislation, such as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), have created dozens of grant, loan and financing programs for renewable energies. These opportunities were sourced across agencies and collected in a central location to ensure you find the relevant grant, loan or financing program that fits your organization’s renewable energy goals. MLS and Mintz have developed an ESG funding matrix that serves as an aggregate resource to help you leverage federal dollars in your clean and renewable energy efforts. This matrix is updated on a bi-weekly basis.

Opportunity	Federal Office	Description
Smart Grid Investment Matching Grant Program	BIL, DOE	The Deployment of Technologies to Enhance Grid Flexibility Program provides funding and expansion of eligible activities under the Smart Grid Investment Matching Grant Program established under section 1306 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. Qualifying Smart Grid investments including for installation, that allow buildings to engage in demand flexibility or Smart Grid functions.
Solar Energy Technology Recycling Research, Development, and Demonstration Prog…	DOE (EERE)	The Department of Energy's Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy office will issue awards via cooperative agreements and operating contracts with National Laboratories to fund projects that increase the reuse and recycling of solar energy technologies.
SOLAR FOR ALL	EPA	This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is for the $7 billion Solar for All competition. This competition will award up to 60 grants to states, territories, Tribal governments, municipalities, and eligible nonprofit recipients to expand the number of low-income and disadvantaged communities primed for distributed solar investment—enabling millions of low-income households to access affordable, resilient, and clean solar energy. Grantees will use funds to expand existing low-income solar programs or design and deploy new Solar for All programs nationwide. EPA will not fund individual projects under this competition.
Solar Technologies' Rapid Integration and Validation for Energy Systems (STRIVE…	DOE (EERE)	The Solar Technologies’ Rapid Integration and Validation for Energy Systems (STRIVES) FOA will fund RD&D projects to improve power systems simulation software tools and demonstrate new business models for distribution systems operations to integrate and optimize the value of inverter-based resources (IBRs) and distributed energy resources (DERs) including solar, wind, energy storage, and other technologies such as buildings and electric vehicles (EVs).
Solar Technologies’ Rapid Integration and Validation for Energy Systems (STRIVE…	DOE (GFO)	The Solar Technologies’ Rapid Integration and Validation for Energy Systems (STRIVES) funding opportunity will provide up to $31 million for research, development, and demonstration projects to improve power systems simulation software tools and demonstrate new business models for distribution systems operations to integrate and optimize the value of inverter-based resources (IBRs) and distributed energy resources including solar generation, wind generation, energy storage, and other technologies such as buildings and electric vehicles.
Solar-thermal Fuels and Thermal Energy Storage via Concentrated Solar-thermal E…	DOE (GFO)	This announcement focuses on concentrating solar-thermal energy for electricity and other uses. Projects funded by this opportunity will accelerate the development of solar-thermal energy storage for fuels, other industrial applications, and power production. Learn more about the use of solar-thermal power in industrial processes.
State Energy Program	BIL, IRA, DOE	The Department of Energy will provide formula grants to State Energy Offices to support electric transmission and distribution planning as well as planning activities and programs that help reduce carbon emissions in all sectors of the economy, including the transportation sector and accelerate the use of alternative transportation fuels and vehicle electrification.
Technical Assistance for Hydropower Hybrids and Pumped Storage Hydropower	DOE (WPTO)	This technical assistance provided by DOE national laboratories will focus on supporting stakeholders' decision-making regarding potential hydropower projects. WPTO anticipates providing technical assistance to up to 18 projects that are expected to last two to three years. Each recipient will receive assistance valued between $200,000 and $1.25 million through specifically assembled technical assistance teams comprising subject-matter experts from one or more national laboratories
The Rural Energy Savings Program (RESP)	USDA	The Rural Energy Savings Program (RESP) provides loans to rural utilities and other companies who provide energy efficiency loans to qualified consumers to implement durable cost-effective energy efficiency measures. Eligible purposes under RESP include energy efficiency, renewable energy, energy storage or energy conservation measures and related services, improvements, financing, or relending. Applications for this program will be accepted on a first come first serve basis until the depletion of available funding.
Title 17 Clean Energy Financing – Innovative Energy and Innovative Supply Chain	DOE (LPO)	Through the Innovative categories of the Title 17 Clean Energy Financing Program, LPO can finance projects that deploy new or significantly improved high-impact clean energy technology (Innovative Energy) or that employ new or significantly improved technology in the manufacturing process for a qualifying clean energy technology or manufacture innovative products with an eligible technology end-use (Innovative Supply Chain).