Solar Ambassador Prize

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Open Date:

7/31/2023

Close Date:

10/10/2023

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Eligible Recipients:

Non-profit
Private Sector

Program Purpose:

Energy Infrastructure

Reserved for Energy
Communities?

Upcoming Milestones:

The application deadline for this program is now extended to October 10, 2023, at 5 PM ET.

Bureau/Office:

Grid Deployment Office (GDO)

Funded by:

U.S. Department of Energy

Overview

Through the Solar Ambassador Prize, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will award a total of $3.5 million to up to 20 community organizations to help accelerate the installation of residential solar and battery storage systems on roughly 30,000 – 40,000 homes across Puerto Rico.

In December 2022, President Biden signed the Fiscal Year 2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act into law, which included $1 billion for DOE to establish the Puerto Rico Energy Resilience Fund to improve the resilience of the Puerto Rican electric grid, with a focus on the island’s most vulnerable households.