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Advertisement Detail Grant Opportunities Florida Wastewater Treatment Plant Energy Program Advertisement Number: DE-FOA0000052 Version Number: 000 Advertisement Begin Date/Time: 08/28/2020 - 05:00 P.M. Advertisement End Date/Time: 10/30/2020 - 05:00 P.M. Mod: 08-28-2020 12:55:03 Last Edit: Friday, August 28, 2020 at 01:00:32 P.M.
The purpose of the Florida Wastewater Treatment Plant Energy Program is to establish a baseline on energy efficiency and renewable energy measures and practices at water and wastewater treatment plants WWTPs in Florida. The results of this project represent a tremendous opportunity for Florida WWTPs to reduce energy use and reduce greenhouse gases installing energy efficient equipment and implementing conservation strategies. The information contained in ‘Mapping the Energy Landscape of Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants in the State of Florida’ provides specific data and information on how WWTPs can lower their energy use and therefore operating costs. Reducing operating costs, which can be as high as 40 percent for energy in WWTPs, will become even more important post COVID-19 as resources have the potential to be diverted to other initiates and projects. This funding was allocated to the FDACS OOE from the U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE). FDACS OOE will use $2,000,000 to create the Florida Wastewater Treatment Plant Energy Program to fund impactful energy projects at publicly-owned Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs) throughout the State of Florida. The FDACS OOE is continuing its efforts to achieve energy equity by investing in projects across the state that aim to reduce energy burden for Florida consumers.
The primary purpose is to reduce the total energy consumption and costs of wastewater treatment within the state. Performance will be measured for each project according to the following metrics: • the net annual energy saved at the facility (kWh/year); • energy saved per dollar funded (kWh/$); and • the amount of energy used to process one million gallons of wastewater (kWh/MG).
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