Innovative Technology Resources
DEQ encourages technological innovation for improving environmental quality while sustaining economic growth. New technologies can help Virginians to better and more cost-effectively protect our environment. Improved processes and devices can improve business productivity while reducing the generation of waste and pollution. At the same time innovators and investors join together to create businesses and industries that produce new environmentally favorable goods and services.
The DEQ innovative technology program had several components, including:
- encouraging participation in demonstration/validation programs (such as EPA's Environmental Technology Verification program) that generate credible performance data;
- exploring opportunities to join with other states in reciprocal acceptance of new technologies and removal of impediments to new technology;
- enhancing awareness of new technologies by potential users and regulators;
- connecting technology developers and entrepreneurs to supporting business and technical resources; and
- performing outreach and helping companies to showcase new environmentally preferable technologies.
See the DEQ Combined Heat and Power/Distributed Energy Resources Pages including links to utilities, interconnection standards, and air regulatory requirements.
See the Technology Acceptance and Reciprocity Partnership (TARP) Page
For more information, please contact:
Rodney Sobin - Former Innovative Technology Manager
Office of Small Business Assistance
rsobin@deq.virginia.gov
Tel. (804) 698-4382
Fax (804) 698-4264
What's new in Innovative Technology?
The solicitation for the FY 2009 Department of Defense Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) was released on January 10, 2008. - Details
USDA National Research Initiative competitive grants program supports research, extension and education grants that address key problems of national, regional and multistate importance in sustaining all components of agriculture. See: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/nri_rfa.html
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Strategic Technology Office broad agency announcement. Responses accepted through December 31, 2008. Areas of interest include but are not limited to power harvesting technologies and devices, and next generation power generation systems, including electrodynamics and momentum tethers, and advanced solar systems. See http://www1.fbo.gov/spg/ODA/DARPA/CMO/BAA07%2D01/SynopsisP.html
Refer to Sol# BAA07-01.
New Links:
United States Department of Energy, "The Potential Benefits of Distributed Generation and Rate Related Issues that May Impede Their Expansion" (2007) http://www.oe.energy.gov/epa_sec1817.htm
Virginia Tech Consortium on Energy Restructuring Distributed Generation Education Modules
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EPA Environmental Technologies Opportunities Portal: ETOP links to governmental and non-governmental programs that foster the use and acceptance of innovative technologies through collaborative recognition and incentives or advocacy and information programs. http://www.epa.gov/etop.
Virginia Tech Consortium on Energy Restructuring
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The DEQ Office of Innovative Technology as well as the Division of Pollution Prevention and Compliance Assistance were disbanded at the end of October 2002 as a budget austerity measure. These pages remain available as resources for environmental technology developers, entrepreneurs, potential users, nongovernmental organizations, and others.
DISCLAIMER: References and links to commercial products or services do not constitute or imply an endorsement by DEQ or the Commonwealth of Virginia of such products or services, or their providers. DEQ and the Commonwealth of Virginia are not responsible for the content of external sites.