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Program Overview
The Alternate Energy Revolving Loan Program was established in 1996 with funding from a three-year assessment,
totaling $5.9 million, on the gross intrastate operating revenues of Iowa's investor-owned gas and electric
utilities. $5 million of additional funds was provided through the I-JOBS program in each of FY 2009 and FY 2010.
Since that time, the AERLP has provided loans of more than $18.2 million in support of 162 renewable
energy projects having total construction costs of $174.6 million.
The Energy Center began accepting applications in August 1996. Through June 30, 2011, the program received
325 new and 55 resubmitted loan applications leading to 161 projects receiving funding. These facilities have
an annual energy production equivalent to 1,948,064 MWh.
Loans by technology type for FY 2011 as of 6/30/2011:
1 Biomass*
0 Hydro
2 Solar
10 Small Wind (20 kW or less)
16 Large Wind (more than 20 kW)
1 Hybrid**
Loans by technology type since 1996:
21 Biomass*
1 Hydro
13 Solar
37 Small Wind (20 kW or less)
84 Large Wind (more than 20 kW)
5 Hybrid**
Annual Energy Generation Impact of AERLP
1,744.087 MWh Biomass*
2,863 MWh Small Hydro
99 MWh Solar
1,103 MWh Small Wind (20 kW or less)
199,804 MWh Large Wind (more than 20 kW)
108 MWh Hybrid**
Totaling 1,948,148 MWh/year
* Includes the electrical equivalent of projects producing fuels such as ethanol, biodiesel and wood.
** Includes a combination of solar, hydro, small wind, or biomass.
The Iowa Energy Center is interested in feedback about the AERLP. If you would like to comment, send a note to the Energy Center at iec@energy.iastate.edu, subject line "Attention AERLP".
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