Title 17 Section 1703 Innovative Clean Energy
Supports clean energy projects in fossil, nuclear, and renewable tracks through federal financing pathways.
The Title 17 Section 1703 Innovative Clean Energy program provides federal loan guarantees for commercially ready clean energy projects that have not yet achieved widespread commercial use in the United States. The program operates three parallel rolling solicitations — a Fossil Energy track, a Nuclear Energy track, and a Renewable and Efficient Energy track — each amended and restated on April 18…
Innovative Clean Energy: Fossil track; Innovative Clean Energy: Nuclear track; Innovative Clean Energy: Renewable and Efficient Energy track.
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