October 18, 2002—Pennsylvania Gov. Mark Schweiker recently announced the recipients of the new Pennsylvania Environmental and Energy Challenge (PEEC) grant program. Twenty-seven projects will receive a total of $1.7 million in grants.
The awards were announced at this year’s annual energy conference, themed, “Energy Security and Stability: The Pennsylvania Perspective.” The conference was sponsored by the Department of Environmental Protection and Milwaukee-based Johnson Controls. More than 150 participants attended panel discussions on the economic and security benefits of distributed generation; energy security; energy security and community preparedness; and security provided by energy efficiency and renewable resources.
PEEC is a new grant program from the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) that looks to fund innovative technology and new approaches in the areas of pollution prevention and energy efficiency.
Winning projects covered topics as diverse as using water from coal mine discharges to power hydroelectric generating units, to using green-building techniques in the construction of low-income townhouses, to installing variable-speed pumps on milking machines on dairy farms.
The projects had assembled matching funds of $9.2 million. Total cost of all the projects combined is more than $12 million.
To be considered to receive a grant, projects had to provide a match for funding and demonstrate the ability to partner or leverage other existing activities.
DEP received 175 applications that requested more than $18 million in funding, and had $27.3 million in additional matching funds.
For more information on the Pennsylvania Environmental and Energy Challenge grants, contact the PA PowerPort PA Keyword: “pollution prevention.”
