I remember that morning in September 2022 when I read RMI's article, “The Most Important Clean Energy Policy You’ve Never Heard About” (available at https://rmi.org/important-clean-energy-policy-youve-never-heard-about/).  That policy is the Energy Infrastructure Reinvestment Program (EIR). Through EIR, the Department of Energy's Loan Programs Office “can finance projects that retool, repower, repurpose, or replace energy infrastructure that has ceased operations or enable operating energy infrastructure to avoid, reduce, utilize, or sequester air pollutants or greenhouse gas emissions.” (More here: https://www.energy.gov/lpo/energy-infrastructure-reinvestment)

That article and RMI's subsequent research into these so-called “Clean Repowering” project opportunities have become my favorite topic of conversation with my clean energy network. What I've learned is that there is an aspect of Clean Repowering that excites everyone.  

Is this the first time you are hearing about clean repowering? Eager to learn more? Be sure to check out RMI's Clean Repowering report, available here: https://rmi.org/insight/clean-repowering/.