Project Grant SHR90021GR3019

The Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a $944,000 Project Grant under the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance program (CFDA 81.117) to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for the Puerto Rico Climate Resilience Project (PRCRP). The key objectives of this 3-year project are to: 1) Increase the off-grid operational duration of the Ramey Border Patrol Station/Headquarters site by 14 days beyond the...

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 U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs awarded a $3,935,000 Project Grant under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories (CFDA 15.875) program to the Virgin Islands Energy Office (VIEO), a division of the Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands. The grant will fund several initiatives over the 2023-2026 period, including: Procuring 15 battery electric vehicles for the government's fleet to transition to more fuel-efficient transportation and...

The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Election Commission will install fifteen solar photovoltaic units at Saipan coastal pavilions and parks through a $164,250 project grant award from the Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs. Funded through the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program, the project aims to reduce power costs and provide safe environments for community members through solar installations at heavily frequented public...

The U.S. Department of Energy awarded a $3,692,661 Cooperative Agreement under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) federal grant program to the Hawaii State Energy Office (HSEO) division of the Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism. The purpose of this award is to install a synchronous condenser at the Port Allen Generation Station on Kauai, Hawaii. The synchronous condenser will help regulate the Kauai grid by managing voltage, maintaining...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs awarded Commonwealth Utilities Corporation (CUC) a $2.5M Project Grant under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875) to address critical grid vulnerabilities in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). The grant, awarded on September 24, 2025, funds the procurement and installation of two 600-kilowatt Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)...

The Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs awarded $532,800 under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories federal grant program to the Office of the Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The project grant will fund the contracting of a Renewable Energy Manager and two Renewable Energy Engineers to provide direct onsite feedback as the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation integrates renewables through September 2025. This nearly...

The Department of Energy awarded Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) a $368.65 million Cooperative Agreement under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience program (CFDA 81.254) on October 1, 2025, with performance through December 31, 2026. This award supports critical emergency activities designed to improve the resilience and stabilization of Puerto Rico's electric grid by addressing vulnerabilities across generation, transmission, and distribution systems. The funded work...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $299,993 Project Grant to the Institute For Future Intelligence Inc. under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop innovative educational programs that engage community college and high school students in Hawaii to learn the knowledge and skills needed to address the renewable energy challenge. The project, titled "A Solar and Wind Innovation and Technology Collaborative for Hawaii (SWITCH)", aims to cultivate the next generation...

This federal Project Grant award in the amount of $2,032,800.00, funded by the Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875), will support two renewable energy projects at Guam Community College (GCC). The first project involves the installation of a 140 kW hybrid solar photovoltaic (PV) and battery storage system on GCC's Building 1000. The second project will install a 100 kW grid-tied solar...