About Us
The U.S. DOE Midwest Clean Energy Application Center is one
of eight regional clean energy centers formed in 2003 by the U.S.
Department of Energy to promote greater adoption of clean and
efficient energy generation and use through recycled energy.
Recycled energy includes combined heat and power (CHP),
district
energy, and waste heat recovery. We serve the midwestern states of
Illinois,
Indiana,
Iowa,
Kansas,
Michigan,
Minnesota,
Missouri,
Nebraska,
North Dakota,
Ohio,
South Dakota, and
Wisconsin.
A brief brochure of the center is available for your downloading.
The Center educates prospective adopters of clean energy, fosters
clean energy technologies as viable technical and economic options
in the southwest, coordinates networks of stakeholders, works to
remove policy barriers, and leverages existing and potential
regional resources.
The U.S. DOE Midwest Clean Energy Application Center, together
with a wide range of partners and stakeholders, helped the U.S. to
nearly double the installed CHP capacity from 46 GW in 1998 to 84 GW
in 2010.
Our Services
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Free Technical Assistance
We facilitate clean energy projects that are
well-designed, technically sound, and
economically beneficial. As part of that goal,
we offer free assistance with
- Feasibility screenings and analyses from our staff to help
determine if a clean energy project is a good fit for your
site. Screenings can be done either on-site or remotely. Any
business in IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, NE, ND, OH, SD, WI is eligible.
- Expert advice as you proceed with project development.
- Installation and implementation concerns including utility,
emissions, and siting issues.
- Third-party review of vendor proposals.
- Information on any available grants or incentives.
- Case studies of similar businesses that have installed CHP.
- Evaluations and verifications of existing systems.
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See our
Project Support page for the
step-by-step process of project evaluation and installation, and
additional details of where we can help.
Policy Analysis and Barrier Removal
The Center works directly with legislators, regulatory commissions,
state and local government officials, and their staffs to educate
them on effective CHP policies and existing barriers that need
addressed. We generally work alongside our network of stakeholders
in implementing policy changes, including utilities, municipalities,
trade associations, equipment manufacturers, commercial and
industrial businesses, and clean energy advocates. See our
Policy
Page for more details.
We also interact regularly with key investor-owned utilities,
municipal utilities, and rural electric cooperatives in the region
to encourage these utilities to promote CHP among their customers,
adopt CHP-friendly tariff and interconnection policies, incorporate
CHP into their resource plans, and design appropriate demand-side
management programs.
Education and Outreach / Speakers Bureau
The U.S. DOE Midwest Clean Energy Application Center
develops case studies, project profiles, technology briefs, project
screening tools, sector-by-sector information, and other resources
that help educate end users, design firms, utilities, and
regulators. The Center also makes presentations and organizes
workshops and seminars, often for particular market sectors that
have a high potential for cost-effective Clean Energy projects.
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