PennTAP: Small & Mid-Size Industries Must Complete Pollution Prevention & Energy Efficiency Site Assessment To Be Eligible For RISE PA Decarbonization Grants

The Penn State Technical Assistance Program is advising small and mid-size industrial facilities wanting to take advantage of RISE PA decarbonization grants that they must complete a Pollution Prevention and Energy Efficiency Site Assessment to be eligible for the grant program.

PennTAP’s team of technical advisors can complete these assessments at no cost to small and mid-sized industries to help identify opportunities for waste reduction and reducing energy costs.

In addition to providing the site assessments, PennTAP is responsible for administering the RISE PA grants for small industrial facilities under DEP’s program.

For more information, visit PennTAP’s RISE PA webpage.  

Click Here to contact PennTAP to learn more.

PennTAP and DEP will begin accepting RISE PA grant applications during the first quarter of 2025.

RISE PA

DEP was awarded $396 million in funding from the EPA Climate Pollution Reduction Grant Program established by the federal Inflation Reduction Act.

DEP’s RISE PA Program will offer grants for small-, medium-, and large-scale decarbonization projects at industrial facilities to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) and co-pollutant emissions.

Eligible projects must reduce industrial sector emissions through industrial electrification, efficiency and process emissions reductions, switching to low-carbon fuels, installing on-site renewable energy, utilizing carbon capture and storage, and reducing fugitive emissions from natural gas and oil systems and coal mining.

Small industrial facilities will be eligible for a grant of up to $500,000; medium facilities up to $20 million and large facilities up to $220 million.

Visit DEP’s RISE PA Industrial Decarbonization Grant Program webpage for more information.

Resource Link:

-- DEP: Some Guidance Now Available To Apply For $396 Million In RISE PA Industrial Decarbonization Grants; Application Period Opens Early In 2025  [PaEN] 

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[Posted: January 9, 2025]  PA Environment Digest