Commonwealth Organics To Energy Technical Services

Division:

Renewable Energy Generation

Type:

Solicitations

Grants are available to address public needs with regard to the evaluation of or planning for organics-to-energy projects within an applicant’s jurisdiction.

Grants are currently available only to the following Massachusetts public entities:

Municipalities that are customers of the investor-owned electric distribution companies (National Grid, NSTAR, Western Massachusetts Electric or Unitil; see map) OR have electric departments that have joined MassCEC's Renewable Energy Trust (see MLP Communities )
Legislatively authorized regional governmental entities, which may include regional planning authorities, regional solid waste districts, or regional recycling cooperatives
State agencies and authorities

Eligible activities generally include, but are not limited to:

Technical assistance with the development of Requests for Qualifications/Requests for Proposals, the evaluation of RFQ/RFP responses, owner’s agent activities – through the use of hired consultants;
Technical assistance with the evaluation of proposals by others wishing to locate an organics-to-energy facility within a public entity’s jurisdiction;
Public engagement processes to identify organics processing options that are compatible with community needs and objectives;
Pre-feasibility studies for particular sites, generator clusters, or technical approaches to handling identified organic waste streams;

MassCEC will accept applications on a rolling basis. Please download the following documents and submit a complete application as instructed on the Grant Application Form.

Potential applicants are encouraged to discuss their needs with MassCEC staff prior to submitting an application. However, neither such discussions nor the submission of the application form in any way guarantees an award of funds from MassCEC. (Contact: Amy Barad, 617-315-9355 or organics@masscec.com)