The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected five projects to receive more than $20.5m from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to support deployment of community-based renewable energy projects, such as biomass, wind and solar installations.
The selected projects will be leveraged with approximately $167m in local government and private industry funding. The DOE estimates that these projects will provide clean renewable energy to displace the emissions of approximately 10,700 homes.
Steven Chu, secretary of the DOE, said: "Smaller, more localized renewable energy systems need to play a role in our comprehensive energy portfolio. These projects will help create jobs, expand our clean energy economy, and help us cut carbon pollution at the local level."
These projects are expected to promote investment in clean energy infrastructure that will help communities provide long-term renewable energy.
The projects selected for the awards include: City of Montpelier (Montpelier, Vermont), Forest County Potawatomi Tribe (Forest County, Wisconsin), Phillips County (Holyoke, Colorado), Sacramento Municipal Utility District (Sacramento, California), and University of California at Davis (California).
