DOE Loan Guarantee Program Compliance
EMPSi provides fast-tracked and effective environmental compliance and NEPA services to DOE Loan Guarantee applicants. Our services include preparation of the required NEPA documents (EA / EIS).
EMPSi recommends that successful applicants review the following DOE guidances:
DOE Recommendation for the Preparation of Environmental Assessments and Environmental Impact Statements, second edition (also know as the Green Book)
(note: EMPSi has updated the DOE checklist to cross reference the second edition of the Green Book)
About the DOE Loan Guarantee Program
The Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct05) authorizes the U.S. Department of Energy to issue loan guarantees to eligible projects that "avoid, reduce, or sequester air pollutants or anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases" and "employ new or significantly improved technologies as compared to technologies in service in the United States at the time the guarantee is issued." DOE has authority to guarantee loans that support early commercial use of advanced technologies, if "there is reasonable prospect of repayment of the principal and interest on the obligation by the borrower." In the first round, the Department evaluated loan guarantee pre-applications for projects that employed technologies in the following areas:
1. Biomass
2. Hydrogen
3. Solar
4. Wind and Hydropower
5. Advanced Fossil Energy Coal
6. Carbon Sequestration practices and technologies
7. Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability
8. Alternative Fuel Vehicles
9. Industry Energy Efficiency Projects
10. Pollution Control Equipment
Further information on the DOE Loan Guarantee Program can be found at http://www.lgprogram.energy.gov/index.html
