Navigating the Energy Ingenuity Fund
October 31, 2024
Time: 10:30am – 11:30am
Join DEIC and Jerry Silva, Director of Regional Energy Development and Innovation at Virginia Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission (TRRC) for an information session on the Energy Ingenuity Fund.
TRRC has established a $12 million dollar Energy Ingenuity Fund for rural, disadvantaged, or Native American communities with $6 million designated for energy-related projects in each of its service regions, Southern and Southwest Virginia. This fund will capitalize on a skilled workforce and promote an energy focused economy for the Tobacco Region, recognizing that regions with a strong focus on energy can facilitate bringing energy jobs and investment to their localities.
The Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission is now accepting applications for the third round of its Energy Ingenuity Fund. This round aims to build on the success of previous rounds of the program and continue to bring innovative energy projects, along with the jobs and investment that come with them, to Southern and Southwest Virginia. The recently concluded second round of the program saw four projects funded that will help communities meet current and future energy needs, reduce costs for consumers, increase reliability and more. Information on those projects, and others that received funding at the Commission’s recent meeting in Martinsville, can be found HERE.
Jerry will discuss the what projects have received funding anhered also detail what qualifies as a good project for the next round of funding. Potential project areas include, but are not limited to: energy manufacturing supply chain companies, energy production, grid resiliency, energy storage, microgrids, hydrogen generation, smart cities, wind, small scale modular reactors, conversion of coal mines, etc.
Join us to find out more about recent project funding and address specific energy project ideas for project funding consideration. Deadline for the pre-application is October 31, 2024. The pre-application can be found here.
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