The Pennsylvania Energy Harvest Grant request for proposals has been released. The Energy Harvest Grant mixes money from the Clean Air Fund, Growing Greener and U.S. Department of Energy grant funding sources to support clean and renewable energy projects that can help the state better manage its energy resources, improve the environment and spur economic development.Click here to apply for the Energy Harvest Grant.

A symposium "Proceedings" CD has been developed. If you attended the symposium, the CD has been mailed to you. If you would like to see all of the information that is on the CD please click here. If you missed the event, check out the PAIOF symposium web page for an agenda, news articles, presentations, and pictures of the event.

Three Pennsylvania companies have been awarded Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants to determine the feasibility of innovative concepts. Burle Industries Inc. of Lancaster and EverNu Technology LLC of Maple Glen were each awarded a grant. Eriez Manufacturing of Erie, received two grants. Winning applications were chosen on the basis of scientific and technical merit from 1,227 applications submitted in 47 technical categories. Click here to review the details about the awards. Check out the Solicitations section below about an upcoming round of DOE - SBIR grant opportunities.

A new webpage detailing local assistance you can use has been uploaded on the PAIOF website. Programs include: Lehigh University's IAC, The DEP Small Business Assistance Program and DEP's P2E2 Site Visit Program. Click Here

Pa. Business links have been added to the PAIOF website. Click Here

Steam End User Training July 9, Philadelphia, Pa. This one day training session is sponsored by Sunoco. Contact Mike Sanders at 215-339-7111 or mpsanders@sunocoinc.com

Pumping System Assessment Tool (PSAT) End User Training July 22, Pittsburgh, Pa. This one-day training session is sponsored by the National Mining Association. Contact: Roy Tiley at 410-997-7778 ext. 20 or rtiley@bcs-hq.com

Motor Systems Management End User Training July 23, Pittsburgh, Pa. This one-day motor systems end user training is sponsored by the National Mining Association. Contact Roy Tiley at 410-997-7778 ext. 20 or rtiley@bcs-hq.com

Compressed Air Workshop Aug. 1, Erie, Pa. This workshop will be hosted by the Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Roundtable. Contact Brian Olsen at 312-886-8579 or brian.olsen@ee.doe.gov

Fundamentals of Compressed Air Systems Aug. 6, Erie, Pa. A one-day introductory course will be hosted by the Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Roundtable Summer 2003 Conference. Contact Joseph Barrett 215-656-6951 or Joseph.Barrett@ee.doe.gov

The Pa. Foundry Association (PFA) welcomed DEP Secretary Kathleen McGinty to its 28th annual meeting at the Radisson Penn Harris Hotel in Camp Hill on May 12. Secretary McGinty’s keynote address focused on the PAIOF partnership, waste foundry sand issues related to beneficial reuse, innovative technologies and energy efficiency funding opportunities to which DEP has committed to bring to the industrial sector. The meeting celebrated the second year of collaboration between the PFA, Penn State University, DEP and the Pennsylvania Metalcasters as a PAIOF metalcasting partnership. To read more about the meeting, Click here.

A Pennsylvania coal mining industry sector road-mapping meeting was held at the University of Pittsburgh on May 5. More than 60 persons from government, academia and the coal mining industry attended the workshop. Michael Eastman, project manager for the Clean Coal Power Initiative of the U.S. DOE’s National Energy Technology Lab in Pittsburgh, was the keynote speaker. Rep. Peter J. Daley, D-49, provided a speech on the current economic and political issues surrounding the coal industry in Pennsylvania. J. Scott Roberts, DEP deputy secretary for mining, was also in attendance. Click here to view pictures taken at the event.

The State Technologies Advancement Collaborative (STAC) initiative, a one-year pilot program funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and administered by the National Association of State Energy Officials, is about to be launched. Funding for FY 03 is anticipated to be $8 million, and this figure may increase in future years. The solicitation is expected to be released in early July and have a tentative due date in early September. Awards are expected to be a minimum of $750,000 each with a 55 percent cost-share required. Proposals must come jointly from two or more states. Topic areas in 2003 include buildings, industry, transportation and hydrogen. The solicitation will require that either a state energy office or state-chartered institution (described in detail in the solicitation) submit the applications and that projects be multi-state. The draft solicitation document and other information about STAC can be obtained by clicking here.

Click OIT Summary of Program Results for full details on all of OIT’s commercialized and emerging technologies.