State: Federal
- Incentive Type: Federal Grant Program
- Eligible Renewable/Other Technologies: Solar Water Heat, Solar Space Heat, Solar Thermal Electric, Solar Thermal Process Heat, Photovoltaics, Landfill Gas, Wind, Biomass, Hydroelectric, Geothermal Electric, Fuel Cells, Geothermal Heat Pumps, Municipal Solid Waste, CHP/Cogeneration, Solar Hybrid Lighting, Hydrokinetic, Anaerobic Digestion, Tidal Energy, Wave Energy, Ocean Thermal, Microturbines
- Applicable Sectors: Commercial, Industrial, Agricultural
- Amount: 30% of property that is part of a qualified facility, qualified fuel cell property, solar property, or qualified small wind property
- 10% of all other property
- Maximum Incentive: $1,500 per 0.5 kW for qualified fuel cell property
- $200 per kW for qualified microturbine property
- 50 MW for CHP property, with limitations for large systems
- Funding Source: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
- Start Date: 1/1/2009
- Expiration Date: 12/31/2010 (construction must begin by this date)
- Web Site: http://www.treas.gov/recovery/1603.shtml