The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is accepting applications for grants to reduce refrigerant emissions in retail food refrigeration, cold storage, and food assistance programs in Minnesota for its Minnesota Climate Smart Food Systems (CSFS) program. Refrigeration projects must include replacing existing equipment to use a natural refrigerant such as, but not limited to, CO2 (R744), ammonia (R717) and propane (R290).
Funding will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis within each refrigeration sector. The program will remain open, and applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until all dedicated funds (approximately $5 million/€4.6 million) have been dispersed or until 4 pm central time (U.S.) on Thursday, May 27, 2027, whichever occurs first.
