The industrial, agricultural and water sectors have significant potential for improvements in energy and water efficiency but are difficult sectors to promote energy efficiency and to decarbonize. Each sector and the individual facilities each have unique operational needs, have a mix of old and new equipment, lack easy access to actionable operation data for decision making and lack verified performance data under real-world conditions for promising emerging technologies.
The purpose of this solicitation is to fund technology development and demonstration projects of promising pre-commercial technologies to increase overall energy efficiency and reach statewide decarbonization goals set forth by SB 32, SB 100 and SB 350.
Projects must fall within one of the following project groups:
- Group 1: Advanced Energy Management and Monitoring of the Dairy Industry
- Group 2: Advanced Treatment Processes for Wastewater Treatment Plants