WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that it expects to award up to 23 mandatory grants for energy audit and renewable energy development assistance. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $1,864,000 with a ceiling of $100,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) education, b) energy, c) environment and d) regional development. The funding is open to state, county, city and township governments; priva  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for the establishment of an energy-water desalination hub to address water security issues in the U.S. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $100 million with a ceiling of $45 million for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with energy. The funding is open to state, county, city, township and special district governments; independe  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Golden Field Office announced that it expects to award a discretionary grant for energy infrastructure deployment on tribal lands. No award amount was specified for this program. The agency said the grant was associated with energy. The funding is open to state, county, city, township and special district governments; independent school districts; private, public and state controlled institutions of higher education; Native American tribal  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory announced that it expects to award a discretionary grant for the optimization and efficiency improvements for rare earth elements and critical materials recovery from coal-based resources. No award amount was specified for this program. The agency said the grant was associated with energy. The funding is open to state, county, city, township and special district governments; independent school district  more