Energy Harvest, AFIG Grant Recipients Announced
This week the state announced investments in innovative clean energy and biofuels projects through the Energy Harvest and Alternative Fuels Incentive Grants (AFIG) programs.

Governor Rendell has said the state’s support for these 49 projects will leverage nearly four times as much in private investment, create jobs, clean the environment, and save consumers tens of millions of dollars a year in energy costs.

“We want to be sure Pennsylvania is doing everything it can to encourage energy conservation and efficiency, as well as the increased use of alternatives and renewables. Making this kind of investment today is even more crucial now if we’re to continue developing clean energy resources and growing the Keystone State’s green energy manufacturing industry. That way, we’re positioned to capitalize on increased demand once the economy improves,” Rendell said.

The grants, which include $7.2 million through the Energy Harvest program and $6.5 million through the Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant program, will support projects in at least 25 counties and will leverage more than $53.1 million in private investments. The projects are also expected to create at least 77 jobs.

Combined, the projects will reduce consumers’ energy costs by nearly $46 million each year by saving:

• 25.1 million kilowatt hours of electricity or generating it from clean technologies, which is enough to power more than 2,500 homes in Pennsylvania;
• 250.1 million gallons of diesel or #2 heating oil; and
• 37,564 million British thermal units of natural gas.

The projects will also improve air quality by eliminating 239 tons of sulfur dioxide and 24,000 tons of nitrogen oxides—both precursors of smog and ground-level ozone—and reducing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide emissions by 2.5 million tons.

Click here for a full list of Energy Harvest Grant recipients.

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