The Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs awarded $129,500 under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories federal grant program (CFDA 15.875) to install ten solar photovoltaic units on concrete pavilions on the island of Rota in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Funded activities through the September 15, 2022 award will reduce power costs and provide safe community spaces through the installation of solar panels on pavilion structures...
The Department of the Interior - Office of Insular Affairs awarded a $174,291 Project Grant under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875) to the Office of the Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). The funding will support the installation of a 40.80 kW grid-tie solar energy system at the Pedro P. Tenorio Multi-Purpose Center in Saipan. The solar project aims to provide a 100% offset of the community center's...
The Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs awarded a $262,907 Project Grant to the Office of the Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) through the Economic, Social and Political Development of the Territories (CFDA 15.875) grant program. This funding will be used to install a 26.4 kW photovoltaic solar energy system at the Office on Aging (Man Amko) Center in Rota, CNMI, as well as 19 new 60W LED solar-powered outdoor lights throughout the facility's...
The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Election Commission and Commonwealth Utilities Corporation will receive $364,800 from the Department of the Interior Insular Affairs under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories federal grant program (CFDA 15.875) to design a 1-2 megawatt solar photovoltaic and battery storage integrated facility. Funding will support the design, soil percolation tests, and other environmental assessments required for National...
The Office of the Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) received a $646,891 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Economic, Social and Political Development of the Territories (CFDA 15.875) program. The grant will fund the installation of a 466-unit, 400-watt solar energy system capable of producing an estimated 312,300 kWh of renewable electricity annually. This system is expected to offset approximately 93% of the central government's...
The Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) awarded a $232,718 Project Grant to the Office of the Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories (CFDA 15.875) program. The grant will fund the installation of 10 solar panels on the rooftop of the Tinian Public Library, a critical community facility used for educational programs, workforce training, and municipal events. The project...
The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Election Commission will receive $285,000 from the Department of the Interior Insular Affairs through September 2025 under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories federal grant program (CFDA 15.875). The funding will support conducting a communications evaluation study on the monitoring and control systems of the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation network to prepare for solar photovoltaic grid system interconnections....
The Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs awarded $306,600 under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories federal grant program to support the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Election Commission's CNMI Energy Task Force Renewables Technical Development Program. The two-year project grant, awarded on September 1, 2022 and concluding on September 30, 2024, will fund the development of technical expertise to advance renewable energy...
The Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs awarded a $443,691 Project Grant (CFDA 15.875 - Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories) to the Office of the Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) to install a 285.60 kW grid-tie solar rooftop energy system. The proposed design and construction project will utilize the entire rooftop, comprising 714 400-watt solar energy modules with an estimated annual output of 478,597 kWh. This...
The Office of the Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) received a $315,176 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior's Economic, Social and Political Development of the Territories (CFDA 15.875) program. This funding will enable the launch of the CNMI Alternative Energy Revolving Financing Program, known as the Commonwealth Assistance for Renewable Energy Solutions (CARES). CARES aims to increase the deployment of solar photovoltaic systems and...