Are you interested in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from your industrial facility in Pennsylvania?
Are you interested in receiving grant money to implement a GHG emission reduction project?
Reducing Industrial Sector Emissions in Pennsylvania (RISE PA) is a statewide industrial decarbonization grant program funded through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Climate Pollution Reduction Grants under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
There is up to $400 million in funding available through RISE PA, and CEC can guide you through the application process.
We will determine if your facility is eligible, help you design a project, and assist with technical aspects of the grant application, including the required demonstration of 20% reduction in GHG.
Eligible projects need to focus on cutting emissions in the industrial sector. The PA Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) will be distributing funds to industrial facilities with the aim of reducing GHG across the Commonwealth.
Types of Eligible Projects for RISE PA Funding
In mid-November, PADEP released guidance for preparing applications to receive cost-share funding for eight categories of eligible projects:
- Electrification technologies such as low- or zero-carbon process heat systems, electric heat pumps, and other heating systems based on electricity;
- Energy efficiency technologies, including those that reduce direct fuel or electricity use, such as thermal storage, waste heat recovery, and industrial heat pumps;
- Industrial process emission technologies, and waste reduction technologies such as those that reduce waste in industrial applications, including advanced recycling approaches;
- Fugitive emissions reduction technologies such as regenerative thermal oxidizers and ventilation air systems;
- Fuel switching technologies that enable the transition to low carbon fuels such as fluidized bed biomass furnaces, solar-thermal heating systems, and clean hydrogen;
- On-site renewable energy technologies such as solar photovoltaic systems, wind turbines, micro-hydropower, or geothermal;
- Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technologies such as flue gas carbon capture systems or calcium looping carbon dioxide capture systems; and
- Other technology that reduces industrial GHG emissions, as determined by RISE PA.
Eligibility is limited to certain industrial facility classifications and award amounts vary. For projects that fall into the Medium and Large categories, a demonstration must be provided to show that the project will reduce the total Scope1 and Scope2 GHG emissions at the project site by at least 20% annually, once operational.
How CEC’s Air Quality Team Can Support Your GHG Reduction Projects
PADEP is expected to start accepting applications in early 2025. This will be a competitive process so now is the time to consider your options and start planning. A baseline GHG inventory is required to enable an assessment and CEC has expertise with regulatory GHG compliance, ESG/Sustainability report GHG baseline calculations and reductions, and other GHG reduction grant applications. Our Air Quality team is at the ready.
Tap into our Air Quality expertise to get started with the application. Kris Macoskey, a CEC Vice President, can be reached at kmacoskey@cecinc.com or 412.249.3147.
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