This grant program provides funding to small and medium-sized manufacturers in communities affected by coal mine or power plant closures. It supports building new or retrofitting existing manufacturing and industrial facilities to produce or recycle advanced energy products, fostering economic revitalization and clean energy manufacturing.
Eligible applicants are manufacturing firms located in coal communities with under $100M in annual sales, fewer than 500 employees at the plant site, and annual energy bills below $2.5M.