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<strong><span style="font-size:17.5pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">2023 Waste-to-Energy Technical Assistance for Local Governments</span></strong><o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="color:black">The U.S Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are launching the next phase of the organic Waste-to-Energy Technical Assistance for Local Governments.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Organic waste streams (e.g., food waste, sludge, manure, FOG, etc.) represent significant environmental, economic, and social sustainability challenges for communities.<i>
</i>Given that these waste streams require local solutions on various aspects of their management, this technical assistance program seeks to provide local governments with the most relevant data for their decision-making. BETO will fund up to<b>
</b><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">40 hours of subject-matter assistance to local governments on a menu of options including waste resource information, techno-economic comparison of options, and market evaluation,
among others.</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
</span></strong>Online applications are open March 1– April 14, 2023. For more information, including eligibility and how to apply, please visit the
</span><a href="https://secure-web.cisco.com/1JgpiczxTeBWh8IUJ4H2hCxy152y9ue9PMZcyLK5UwytuRRuOHXfycDMRq0SOYgkCIiU_zFa8h_IPfQ_fBDmqinU1ZsVzm-JUoXGQCUgw8hYB9pW3yt_tqBc8ZtCd5slGtuGoKH2HznjDBEZjRPg98crI0I5PaADYKNY9nyP7uSJzqCuZzkjCPBDS9djntOH9UwC10Rybq2adFpjdV5sy79AyOSARh_uwmVK3pdcqPlADnu4vO2CTlNJJBw7fYdvL7TGZWZJmaVC9uoWVGtZu8sPr_9kv4mMuQJxLgi5TC_3nvNSCL1osZ3MLXZ3tgLuh/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nrel.gov%2Fbioenergy%2Fwaste-to-energy-technical-assistance.html"><span style="color:#0000EE">Technical
Assistance web page</span></a><span style="color:black">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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