We are often asked for guidance and assistance on accessing available financing and other incentive programs at the Federal and state level. These include renewable portfolio standards, clean energy funds, loan and grant programs, CREBs, Federal tax incentives, and state net metering and utility purchase programs are rich in their potential for facilitating project development. At the same time, they are complex, diverse, and evolving. See the following links to obtain further information:

Federal & State renewable power programs, policies, and incentives

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

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

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development Energy Initiatives, http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rd/energy/

U.S. Department of Energy Loan Guarantee program: www.lgprogram.energy.gov/index.html

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

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

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

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

Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust: http://www.mtpc.org/RenewableEnergy/index.htm

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

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

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/

Evolution Markets: http://www.evomarkets.com/

Natsource: http://www.evomarkets.com/

National and regional industry and community energy associations

American Council on Renewable Energy: www.acore.org

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

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

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

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