Grants offered for clean diesel, alternative fuel engine replacement projects

LANSING, Mich. (WNEM) – The Michigan Division of Ecosystem, Terrific Lakes, and Electricity (EGLE) is providing competitive grants for clear diesel and substitute gasoline motor and products substitute jobs.

The grants, element of the Michigan Clean Diesel Plan, overall $375,960. They focus on initiatives to substitute diesel products, cars, and engines with zero tailpipe emission, hybrid or alternate fuel vehicles, engines, or tools, according to EGLE.

Personal corporations, farms, metropolitan areas, townships, villages, county federal government agencies, public college districts, private schools, general public transit businesses, port authorities, metropolitan preparing businesses, and nonprofit businesses are all eligible to use.

Tasks must drop into one particular of three categories:

• Agricultural Irrigation Pump Diesel Engine Substitute with Electric powered Machines: Diesel engine will have to be changed with an electric powered motor, or if the motor powers a generator that operates a submersible pump, by immediately connecting the submersible pump to the electrical grid. Funding might deal with up to 60 {ca2182fc8fed51dc37b95061ee48b5056cde1176732b225548c54a0c0156d303} of the price of the electric powered motor, set up, and/or essential electrical infrastructure (which includes electric line extension).
• Auto Substitution: Funding may well address up to 35 per cent of the price tag of eligible vehicles that meet the California Air Useful resource Board’s optional low oxides of nitrogen standards, and up to 45 p.c of the price tag of an all-electric automobile substitute. Suitable drayage auto replacement may well be funded up to 50 per cent.
• Motor Replacement: Funding features, but is not minimal to, changing diesel engines with an engine accredited for use with an alternative gas (e.g., compressed pure gasoline or propane), or a zero-tailpipe emissions energy resource (grid battery or gasoline mobile). Funding for engine replacement could include up to 40 {ca2182fc8fed51dc37b95061ee48b5056cde1176732b225548c54a0c0156d303} for option fuel engines 50 per cent for lower-nitrogen oxide and up to 60 percent for replacement with zero-emission engines.

Apps will be acknowledged until finally March 31, 2023 at 5 p.m. The tasks have to be done by Aug. 31, 2023. Go to the Michigan Clean Diesel Application web site to download the software.

The point out and federal governments are funding the grants.

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