Solar for Schools Grant Program (S4S)

The Solar for Schools Grant Program was established by the Pennsylvania Solar for Schools Act. The program awards grants to school districts, intermediate units, charter schools including cyber, regional, and a school for education of the deaf or the blind, area career and technical schools, specific trade and technical schools, and community colleges can use to fund solar energy projects. The grants are intended to support purchase and installation of equipment, permit fees, energy storage, and utility interconnection. Eligible projects must be located at a school facility and be related to photovoltaic or solar thermal devices that convert, transfer or store solar energy in or into usable forms of thermal or electric energy. Maximum grant amounts are determined by the applicant's market value/personal income aid ratio (MV/PIAR): For a MV/PI AR greater than 0.7, the maximum incentive is the lesser of $600,000 or 50% of project cost. For a MV/PI AR between 0.5 and 0.7, the lesser of $480,000 or 40% of project cost. For a MV/PI AR less than 0.5, the lesser of $360,000 or 30% of project cost.