Technical Assistance Fund
Providing technical support to build local resilience.
Clean Energy Group’s Technical Assistance Fund fills a critical resource gap by equipping community-serving organizations with the information they need to advance solar and energy storage (solar+storage) projects.
Solar combined with energy storage can provide valuable benefits, including year-round cost savings, grid reliability, emergency backup power, and community ownership of clean energy resources. Clean Energy Group’s Technical Assistance Fund (TAF) helps bring these benefits to the people who need them most. The TAF supports community-serving organizations interested in pursuing solar+storage by providing them with information about available funding avenues and revenue streams; technology siting, sizing, and configurations; and other project development guidance. One-on-one support from CEG staff is available to all TAF applicants.
Read profiles of TAF awardees that have successfully installed solar+storage at their facility on the Featured Installations page.
We encourage applications for community-serving solar+storage projects of all types. CEG can provide expanded support for the following focus areas:
- Community solar combined with energy storage
- Health centers in rural Southeast communities
A Massachusetts affordable housing provider installed resilient solar+storage with support from Clean Energy Group. Learn more in this 2-minute video, and read a detailed project overview here.
Who We Serve
Clean Energy Group’s Technical Assistance Fund is open to all US-based community-serving organizations. Projects must directly serve low-income communities, communities of color, environmental justice communities, or communities directly harmed by existing fossil-fuel infrastructure. Past TAF recipients have included community centers, emergency shelters, cooling centers, affordable housing, food pantries, fire departments, municipalities, and health clinics. To see projects that we have supported over time, go to the Impact Map.
FEATURED PROJECT: A.B. Ford Community Center, Detroit, MI
“The City of Detroit - Office of Sustainability was able to advance the concept of resilient energy for the new A.B. Ford Community Center, in large part thanks to the solar feasibility study provided through Clean Energy Group's Technical Assistance Fund. The team provided expert guidance that helped us make informed decisions on system sizing and supported us with technical and financial viability for the project."
Maria Galarza
Deputy Director, Office of Sustainability, City of Detroit, TAF Awardee 2020
FEATURED PROJECT: The FH Faunteroy Community Enrichment Center, Washington, DC
“The FH Faunteroy Community Enrichment Center benefited tremendously from the Technical Assistance Fund… As we embark on the buildout for the Resilience Incubator@FH Faunteroy, we look forward to continued partnership with the Clean Energy Group.”
Dr. Estelle-Marie Montgomery, PhD
Executive Director of the Faunteroy Center, TAF Awardee 2021
FEATURED PROJECT: California Indian Museum and Cultural Center, Santa Rosa, CA
“In serving our local tribal community, it is critical that we implement strategies that provide environmental and cultural resource protection and emergency response during wildfires and power outages. The grant facilitated support from local government officials and partnership organizations for the museum to become a designated resilience hub and generated capital funding from multiple federal and private sources.”
Nicole Lim
Executive Director of the California Indian Museum and Cultural Center, TAF Awardee 2020
FEATURED PROJECT: Petersburg Resilience Hub, Petersburg, VA
“From our first meeting, the CEG team has been supportive and provided guidance and resources to see us through the completion of a feasibility study to where we are now, on the brink of the actual solar PV installation. In addition, CEG has given us the opportunity to learn from and share our experience with others embarking on the solar+storage journey. We are fortunate to be in partnership with Clean Energy Group.”
Queen Zakia Shabazz
Executive Director of United Parents Against Lead and Coordinator of the Virginia Environmental Justice Collaborative, TAF Awardee 2020
Project Impact
Provided $2 million in funding for communities to evaluate resilient solar+storage at essential community-serving facilities.
Provided technical assistance funding and guidance to support solar+storage solutions to over 150 community-serving organizations, representing 359 facilities across 32 states and territories.
Supported the completion of over 60 community-led solar+storage installations, with more projects underway.
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