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Recipients are producers of biofuels for use in motor vehicles.

Recipients are ethanol and biodiesel producers. Ethanol and biodiesel producers may apply to the Renewable Fuels Incentive Board for ethanol and biodiesel production credits. To be eligible for the credits, the producer must first apply to the Board in order to receive certification as a producer.

Businesses that use certain renewable energy sources or waste materials to produce electricity that is sold to an unrelated person may be entitled to an income tax credit. The business must produce electricity during the tax year using primarily qualified energy resources (see Internal Revenue Code § 45) which includes any solid, non-hazardous, cellulosic waste material that is segregated from other waste materials and is derived from: forest-related resources, including mill residues (except sawdust and wood shavings), forest thinning, slash, or brush, but excluding old-growth timber; waste pallets, crates, and dunnage, landscape or right-of-way trimmings; and, agricultural sources (orchard tree crops, vineyard, grain, legumes, sugar, and other crop by-products or residues).

This program is generally limited to projects that can demonstrate a high likelihood of qualifying for the Massachusetts Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard.

Recipients are landowners and new wind project developers for land-based projects that are greater than 2MW and cannot be net metered. The wind project must have three turbines or more. Applicants can include private and public entities such as federal, state and local governments.

Eligible projects are those proposed by any residential, commercial, industrial, institutional or public entity in Massachusetts. The nameplate capacity of the proposed energy system must be greater than or equal to 100kW, and the project's utility meter must be grid connected. Projects must show that at least 50% of the renewable energy produced will be used behind the meter or assigned through the net metering provisions of the Green Communities Act based on annual production and usage estimate.

Recipients are clean energy companies that demonstrate significant job creation and economic development in the Commonwealth.

Recipients are early-stage clean energy companies that are contributing to the advancement of one or more of a list of clean energy or energy efficient technologies, including solar photovoltaic, solar thermal, wind power, geothermal, biofuels and hydrogen.

An eligible applicant is a principal investigator with technology disclosed to a host institution located in Massachusetts.

Benefits under this program are only available to purchase or lease of zero-emission and plug in hybrid light duty vehicles.