We often are asked for guidance on Federal and state incentive programs, including Federal tax incentives, state loan and grant programs, energy bonds, renewable portfolio standards, and other state incentives such as net metering, solar RECs, and utility long-term purchase contracts. The following links offer further information:

Federal & State renewable power programs and incentives

Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy (DSIRE): http://www.dsireusa.org/

Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy for Solar: http://www.dsireusa.org/solar

Tax Incentives Assistance Project: http://energytaxincentives.org/

U.S. Department of Treasury, tax grant program: http://www.treasury.gov/recovery/1603.shtml

U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy program: http://www.eere.energy.gov/

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Energy Assistance Program http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/farmbill/

U.S. Department of Energy Loan Guarantee program, http://www.lgprogram.energy.gov/

Clean Renewable Energy bonds: https://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/apps/slgs/slgs_irstax.htm http://www.irs.gov/taxexemptbond/article/0,,id=214748,00.html

Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) bonds: pacenow.org/ or http://www.renewfund.com/

EPA Landfill Methane Outreach Program: http://www.epa.gov/lmop/index.htm

DOE Biomass program: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/biomass/

Massachusetts Division of Energy Resources, http://www.mass.gov/doer

Massachusetts Clean Energy Center: http://www.masscec.com/

Renewable power policy analyses

National Renewable Energy Laboratory: http://www.nrel.gov/analysis/

Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy (DSIRE): http://www.dsireusa.org/

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab renewable energy sector analyses: http://eetd.lbl.gov/EA/EMP/re.html

Clean Energy States Alliance: http://www.cleanenergystates.org/

Union of Concerned Scientists: http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/renewable_energy_basics/

Green Power programs, assistance, and marketing firms:

U.S. Department of Energy Green Power program: http://www.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/

Green Power Market Development Group: http://www.thegreenpowergroup.org/us.cfm

Center for Resource Solutions: http://www.green-e.org/

National and regional energy associations

American Council on Renewable Energy: http://www.acore.org

Solar Energy Industries Association: http://www.seia.org/

Solar Electric Power Association: http://www.solarelectricpower.org/

Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC): http://irecusa.org/

American Wind Energy Association: http://www.awea.org/

Windustry: http://www.windustry.org/

Biomass Coordinating Council: http://www.acore.org/programs/bcc.php

New England Clean Energy Council: http://www.cleanenergycouncil.org/

Environmental Law & Policy Center: http://elpc.org/

Environmental Entrepreneurs: http://www.e2.org

Renewable Energy Industry News:

Renewable Energy World: http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/home

Solar Buzz: http://www.solarbuzz.com

Bloomberg New Energy Finance: http://bnef.com/

New Energy World Network: http://www.newenergyworldnetwork.com/