Manufacturers, Connect with Your Regional Onsite Energy Technical Assistance Partnerships

Are you a manufacturer or other large energy user looking to integrate distributed energy technologies at your facility?

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Onsite Energy Technical Assistance Partnerships (TAPs) can help industrial and other large energy users reduce energy use, lower costs, and increase reliability by incorporating onsite distributed energy technologies.

The Onsite Energy TAPs help facilities across the nation integrate the latest onsite energy technologies by providing regionally specific, specialized services, including:

• Technical Assistance: Screen sites for opportunities to implement onsite energy technologies and provide advanced services to maximize economic impact and reduce risk from initial screening, to installation, to operation and maintenance.
   
• End User Engagement: Partner with organizations representing end-users to advance onsite energy as a cost-effective way to become more efficient and use flexible sources of electricity and heat for manufacturers.
   
• Stakeholder Engagement: Engage with strategic stakeholders, including utilities and policymakers, to identify and reduce barriers to onsite energy through fact-based, unbiased education.

The TAPs have expertise to advise on a wide variety of distributed technologies, including advanced nuclear, battery storage, combined heat and power, district energy, fuel cells, geothermal, high-performance industrial HVAC systems, biofuels, solar photovoltaics, solar thermal, and thermal storage.

By generating and storing electricity and heat directly at their own facilities, manufacturers can operate with more flexibility and reduce operating costs. When facilities increase their onsite energy, they reduce their dependence on energy utilities and are better able to manage outages and other reliability issues. With onsite energy, facilities can also decide to generate or purchase energy when it is most economical to do so.

DOE’s 10 Regional TAPs cover all 50 states, Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

For more information visit ITO's Onsite Energy TAPs webpage or download this fact sheet.

The Onsite Energy Program is overseen and funded by DOE’s Industrial Technologies Office. The TAPs are also supported by a trio of DOE national laboratories (the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) with subject-matter expertise in onsite energy deployment.