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U.S. Department of Energy Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations Awards Maine Community Power Cooperative $200,000 in Phase II of Energizing Rural Communities Prize

September 19, 2024 by
Maine Community Power Cooperative

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Energizing Rural Communities Prize Winners
33 Communities Awarded $200,000 for Second Phase of Energizing Rural Communities Prize

OCED announced 33 community winners for the second phase of the $15 million Energizing Rural Communities Prize. This prize challenges individuals and organizations in small, rural communities to develop partnership and financing strategies to improve energy systems and advance clean energy demonstration projects. Each winning team receives $200,000, in addition to the $100,000 and in-kind-mentorship services from the first phase of the prize. The Energizing Rural Communities Prize has two tracks: a partner track that is designed to create and strengthen partnerships for implementing energy projects; and a finance track to support new and innovative efforts to access capital or develop community ownership models for energy projects.

Learn more about the prize winners here.