Mass. seeks bids for $157M in energy stimulus - Boston Business Journal:

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The agency is preparinf a comprehensive application on behalf of municipal and privatse entities to send to the to receive its share of Energyu Efficiency and Conservation BlockGranft funding, some $157 million. The DOER is solicitingb projectsfor submission, and estimates abougt 72 projects will receive funding. Projectsz must be “shovel ready,” or ready to begin within 120 days of receivingstimulus money. They also must work towards energuy efficiency, alternative energy or greenhouse gas emissionreduction standards.
Some of the projects eligible for funding includee combined heat andpower systems, districgt energy systems, waste energy recovery or high efficiency industrial Stimulus dollars will pay for up to 50 percent of approvexd projects. Proposals must be submitted to the DOER byJune 30. “jI encourage businesses, municipalities and others to come forward with proposalxs for putting this federal funding to work here in said DOER Commissioner Philip Giudics in a preparedwritten “Increasing investment in these innovative energy technologies will move us furthetr along the path to a cleann energy future that Gov. (Deval) Patricjk is blazing for Massachusetts.
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