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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ACCEPTANCE OF A GRANT FROM THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY’S COMMUNITY GEOTHERMAL HEATING AND COOLING DESIGN AND DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM FOR THE LNPK 156 GEOTHERMAL COALITION IN THE AMOUNT OF $700,414.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
RESOLVED, that on October 10, 2022, city officials applied to the United States Department of Energy through its Community Geothermal Heating and Cooling Design and Deployment Program to establish LNPK 156 Geothermal Coalition: Designing and Deploying Clean Energy in a Justice40 Cold Climate Community that was submitted on October 10th, 2022; and
RESOLVED FURTHER, that the city was notified that it was awarded said funding for the project in the amount of $700,414; and
RESOLVED FURTHER, that the proper city officials are hereby authorized to accept the grant from the United States Department of Energy through its Community Geothermal Heating and Cooling Design and Deployment Program to establish LNPK 156 Geothermal Coalition: Designing and Deploying Clean Energy in a Justice40 Cold Climate Community in the amount of $700,414; and
RESOLVED FURTHER, that city staff are authorized to execute such documents as are necessary to implement the grant project on behalf of the city.
Statement of Purpose
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: This grant application was for a federal Community Geothermal Heating and Cooling Design And Deployment Program that the City applied for in October 2022. The city grant application in the amount of $700,414; was notified of their selection to receive the award on April 25, 2023. The grant was awarded to the City, in partnership with Ever-Green Energy and Ecolibrium3, to establish the LNPK 156 Geothermal Coalition. This one-year project will devise plans to develop, design, and install a geothermal heating system that will satisfy 100% of the heating demand in a portion of Lincoln Park. Along with this, the project will develop a comprehensive career pathways plan including stackable credentials to meet the analyzed workforce needs associated with geothermal heating and cooling systems, district energy systems, heat pump designs and deployment, building electrification, and efficiency improvements.
LNPK 156 Geothermal Coalition will work to: finalize a site location and footprint; assess the geothermal resource; analyze environmental and permitting needs; assess planned usage; conduct techno-economic feasibility analysis and local stakeholder engagement; and identify workforce and training development needs. These analyses and design elements will be created for additional exploration of 1) connecting the system to the existing 3G Duluth Energy Systems to enhance decarbonization through waste heat capture, 2) extending to meet the heating needs of public housing high-rises and Lincoln Park Resilience Hub, 3) determining applicability of snowmelt and support of transit stops, 4) creating guidance on potential expansion into lower density housing adjacent to the district. The final deliverable will be the documents required to successfully compete for down-selection and system installation costs.