Domestic entities are eligible to apply as recipients or subrecipients. The following types of domestic entities are eligible to participate as a recipient or subrecipient of this NOFO:
• Institutions of higher education;
• For-profit organization;
• Nonprofit organization;
• State and local governmental entities; and
• Indian Tribes, as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, 25 U.S.C. § 53040F1
NOFO: DE-FOA-0003373, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), Provision 41007 (b)(2), Wind Turbine Technology Recycling The activities to be funded under this NOFO support BIL sections 41007(b)(2) and the broader government-wide approach to strengthen critical domestic manufacturing and supply chains and to maximize the benefits of the clean energy transition as the nation works to curb the climate crisis, empower workers, and advance environmental justice. This BIL section, through reference to section 3003(b)(4) of the Energy Act of 2020, addresses: • Research and development projects to create innovative and practical approaches to increase the reuse and recycling of wind energy technologies, including— • by increasing the efficiency and cost effectiveness of the recovery of raw materials from wind energy technology components and systems • by minimizing potential environmental impacts from the recovery and disposal processes; • by advancing technologies and processes for the disassembly and recycling of wind energy devices; • by developing alternative materials, designs, manufacturing processes, and other aspects of wind energy technologies and the disassembly and resource recovery process that enable efficient, cost effective, and environmentally responsible disassembly of, and resource recovery from, wind energy technologies; and • strategies to increase consumer acceptance of, and participation in, the recycling of wind energy technologies
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