If you are a person who wishes to begin research and development of alternative energy technologies and you would like to install it as a non profit organization or entity, you may want to pick you up for grants from the Government, both State and federal levels. Government subsidies for renewables research and development were highly praised by politicians at the local, State and federal levels in recent years, all the way up to the President himself. This is due to the fact that we now recognize as a society we need to find and develop energy alternatives to fossil fuels that we currently depends on, as these fuels are not only slowly but surely running out (access to the less cheap digging their place fainted), but also affect the quality of the environment and the air.
There is a fairly wide range of Government grant programs available so that you can verify. The great and the most important thing to keep in mind on a grant from the Government that it is essentially money. It is not a loan, you pay no interest and you never have to give the money back. However, qualification of these grants, you might imagine something involving the Government and money, a lot of restrictions that is attached. Not only is based in purpose of qualification and need in the eyes and the opinions of government bureaucrats, but simply because you are eligible does not mean that you necessarily get the grant. As Marshall McLuen, "the medium is the message". The fact is that it is generally easier to apply and be eligible to receive a commercial loan - but then, is not money, that would be something you had to someone and with interest on top.
There are professional grant writers who know how to write proposals so that they get around the heavy burden of restrictions put in place by the Government, and you might need to use one of them. Even governments use professional grant writers to seek money from other branches of the Government, as a Government of the countries in need of the State or federal funding. These people also keep side by side, that the Government, subsidies are still or newly available than those that have been removed from the table. It is a complex network, should not get tangled in seeking needed financial support for alternative energy research and development. In fact, it is so complex that the ranks of the writers of the profession, as both individuals and entire societies, have increased over the last decade. It is a profitable company - and this can make with illegal acts and controversial claims.
Nevertheless, each year there are thousands of grants to the United States to help the public. And yet again, with the endorsement of the Government of the money from the grant to be given to alternative energy researchers, you could very well get what you are looking for.
