⚡ DSIRE Energy Incentives Scraper - Renewable Energy Programs

🚀 Collect renewable energy incentive data from the DSIRE database. Get tax credits, rebates, grants, loans, and regulatory policies across all 50 U.S. states with program details, administrators, funding sources, and dates.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-04-23

Whether you are a solar installer researching state rebates, a policy analyst tracking clean energy legislation, or a business evaluating incentive programs for efficiency upgrades, this tool makes it easy to collect structured data on renewable energy incentives across the United States.

The DSIRE Energy Incentives Scraper collects program names, types, categories, sectors, funding sources, budgets, administrator details, and full text descriptions. Filter by state and program category (solar, wind, efficiency, etc.) to find exactly the incentives you need. Covers 2,400+ active programs.

Target Audience	Solar installers, policy analysts, energy consultants, businesses, researchers, real estate professionals
Primary Use Cases	Incentive research, policy tracking, client recommendations, tax credit identification, grant discovery, market analysis

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📋 What Does It Do

• Collects program names, types, categories, and sectors from thousands of renewable energy incentives
• Filters programs by any US state abbreviation (CA, TX, NY, etc.)
• Narrows results by category like solar, wind, or efficiency
• Gets funding sources, budgets, and administrator information
• Captures program start dates, end dates, and last updated timestamps
• Extracts full text descriptions of each incentive program

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🎬 How to Use - Full Demo

🚧 Demo video coming soon.

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⚙️ Input

Field	Type	Description	Default
Max Items	integer	Free users: limited to 10 items. Paid users: up to 1,000,000	10
State	string	Two-letter US state abbreviation (e.g., CA, TX, NY). Empty for all states	-
Category	string	Filter by category (e.g., solar, wind, efficiency). Partial match supported	-

Example 1:

{
    "maxItems": 50,
    "state": "CA",
    "category": "solar"
}

Example 2:

{
    "maxItems": 200,
    "state": "TX"
}

⚠️ Program availability and details change as policies are updated. Schedule regular runs to stay current with the latest incentive programs.

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📊 Output

🧾 Schema: id, name, state, stateObj, type, category, sector, websiteUrl, administrator, fundingSource, budget, startDate, endDate, summary, published, updatedTs, createdTs, scrapedAt

📦 Sample 1:

{
    "id": 1,
    "name": "North Dakota Solar/Wind Easements and Laws",
    "state": "ND",
    "stateObj": {"name": "North Dakota", "abbreviation": "ND"},
    "type": "Solar/Wind Access Policy",
    "category": "Regulatory Policy",
    "sector": "State",
    "websiteUrl": "",
    "administrator": "",
    "fundingSource": "",
    "budget": "",
    "summary": "Solar Policy North Dakota solar easement law is similar to those...",
    "published": true,
    "updatedTs": "01/13/2026",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-10T12:00:00.000Z"
}

📦 Sample 2:

{
    "id": 245,
    "name": "California Solar Initiative - Residential",
    "state": "CA",
    "stateObj": {"name": "California", "abbreviation": "CA"},
    "type": "Rebate Program",
    "category": "Financial Incentive",
    "sector": "State",
    "administrator": "California Public Utilities Commission",
    "fundingSource": "Ratepayer funds",
    "summary": "The California Solar Initiative provides rebates to residential customers...",
    "published": true,
    "updatedTs": "03/01/2026",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-10T12:00:00.000Z"
}

📦 Sample 3:

{
    "id": 512,
    "name": "Federal Investment Tax Credit (ITC)",
    "state": "US",
    "stateObj": {"name": "Federal", "abbreviation": "US"},
    "type": "Tax Credit",
    "category": "Financial Incentive",
    "sector": "Federal",
    "summary": "The federal investment tax credit allows qualifying solar installations...",
    "published": true,
    "updatedTs": "02/15/2026",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-10T12:00:00.000Z"
}

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✨ Why Choose This Tool?

Feature	Details
2,400+ programs	Comprehensive coverage of all active renewable energy incentives in the United States
All 50 states	State, federal, and territory-level programs in one dataset
Multiple program types	Tax credits, rebates, grants, loans, net metering, building codes, and more
Full text summaries	Complete program descriptions extracted for every incentive
Fast collection	Full database in about 20 seconds. State-filtered runs in 2-5 seconds
Category filtering	Narrow results by solar, wind, efficiency, or other categories
Date tracking	Program start dates, end dates, and last updated timestamps

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📈 How It Compares

Capability	This Tool	Other Solutions
Batch collection	Up to 1,000,000 programs per run	Browse one at a time
State filtering	Any US state abbreviation	Limited search
Category filtering	Keyword match on categories	Manual browsing
Structured output	JSON, CSV, Excel	HTML pages only
Automated scheduling	Daily/weekly monitoring	Manual visits
Program summaries	Full text extracted	Click each program individually

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🚀 How to Use

1. Sign Up - Create a free account w/ $5 credit (takes 2 minutes)
2. Find the Tool - Search for "DSIRE Energy Incentives Scraper" in the Apify Store
3. Set Input - Configure your search filters using the simple form
4. Run It - Click "Start" and let it collect your data
5. Download Data - Get your results in the "Dataset" tab as CSV, Excel, or JSON

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💼 Business Use Cases

Audience	How They Use It
Solar Installers	Monitor state and local incentives to help customers maximize savings on solar installations
Policy Analysts	Track renewable energy policy changes across all 50 states for research and reporting
Energy Consultants	Build a comprehensive database of available incentives for client recommendations
Businesses	Find tax credits, rebates, and grants available for commercial energy efficiency upgrades

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✨ Why choose this Actor

	Capability
🎯	Built for the job. Scoped specifically to this data source so you skip the parser engineering entirely.
🔖	Structured output. Clean, typed fields ready for analysis, dashboards, or downstream pipelines.
⚡	Fast. Optimized request patterns return results in seconds, not minutes.
🔁	Always fresh. Every run pulls live data, so the dataset reflects the source as of run time.
🌐	No infra to manage. Apify handles proxies, retries, scaling, scheduling, and storage.
🛡️	Reliable. Battle-tested across many runs and edge cases, with graceful error handling.
🚫	No code required. Configure in the UI, run from CLI, schedule via cron, or call from any language with the Apify SDK.

📊 Production-grade structured data without the engineering overhead of building and maintaining your own scraper.

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📈 How it compares to alternatives

Approach	Cost	Coverage	Refresh	Filters	Setup
⭐ DSIRE Energy Incentives Scraper - Renewable Energy Programs (this Actor)	$5 free credit, then pay-per-use	Full source coverage	Live per run	Source-native filters supported	⚡ 2 min
Build your own scraper	Engineering hours	Full once built	Whenever you maintain it	Custom code	🐢 Days to weeks
Paid managed APIs	$$$ monthly	Vendor-defined	Live	Vendor-defined	⏳ Hours
Third-party data dumps	Varies	Subset, often stale	Periodic	None	🕒 Variable

Pick this Actor when you want broad coverage, server-side filtering, and no pipeline maintenance.

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🚀 How to use

1. 📝 Sign up. Create a free account with $5 credit (takes 2 minutes).
2. 🌐 Open the Actor. Go to the DSIRE Energy Incentives Scraper - Renewable Energy Programs page on the Apify Store.
3. 🎯 Set input. Configure the input fields in the form (or paste a JSON), then set maxItems.
4. 🚀 Run it. Click Start and let the Actor collect your data.
5. 📥 Download. Grab your results in the Dataset tab as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

⏱️ Total time from signup to downloaded dataset: 3-5 minutes. No coding required.

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💼 Business use cases

📊 Data & Analytics Build trend reports and dashboards from live source data Feed BI tools, warehouses, and ML pipelines with structured records Run periodic snapshots to track changes over time Compare segments, regions, or categories with consistent fields	🏢 Operations & Strategy Monitor competitor moves, pricing, and inventory shifts Build internal directories and lookup tools backed by current data Power workflows that depend on fresh source records Cut manual data-gathering time from hours to minutes
🎯 Marketing & Growth Identify market opportunities and trending topics Research target audiences and customer personas at scale Power lead-generation pipelines with verified records Track sentiment, reviews, or social signals over time	🛠️ Engineering & Product Prototype features that need real-world data without owning a crawler Replace fragile in-house scrapers with a managed Actor Wire datasets into your apps via the Apify API or webhooks Skip the proxy, retry, and parsing maintenance entirely

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🌟 Beyond business use cases

Data like this powers more than commercial workflows. The same structured records support research, education, civic projects, and personal initiatives.

🎓 Research and academia Empirical datasets for papers, thesis work, and coursework Longitudinal studies tracking changes across snapshots Reproducible research with cited, versioned data pulls Classroom exercises on data analysis and ethical scraping	🎨 Personal and creative Side projects, portfolio demos, and indie app launches Data visualizations, dashboards, and infographics Content research for bloggers, YouTubers, and podcasters Hobbyist collections and personal trackers
🤝 Non-profit and civic Transparency reporting and accountability projects Advocacy campaigns backed by public-interest data Community-run databases for local issues Investigative journalism on public records	🧪 Experimentation Prototype AI and machine-learning pipelines with real data Validate product-market hypotheses before engineering spend Train small domain-specific models on niche corpora Test dashboard concepts with live input

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

💳 Do I need a paid Apify plan to run this actor?

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🚨 What happens if my run fails or returns no results?

Failed runs are not charged. If the source site changes, proxies get rate-limited, or a specific input matches nothing, re-run the actor or open our contact form and we will investigate. You can also check the run log in the Apify console to see why the run stopped.

📏 How many items can I scrape per run?

Free users are limited to 10 items per run so you can preview the output and confirm the actor works for your use case. Paid users can raise maxItems up to 1,000,000 per run. Upgrade here if you need full scale.

🕒 How fresh is the data?

Every run fetches live data at the moment of execution. There is no cache or delay: the records you get reflect what the source returned at that moment. Schedule the actor to maintain a rolling snapshot of the data you need.

🧑‍💻 Can I call this actor from my own code?

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📅 Can I schedule the actor to run automatically?

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🔌 Integrate with any app

DSIRE Energy Incentives Scraper - Renewable Energy Programs connects to any cloud service via Apify integrations:

• Make - Automate multi-step workflows
• Zapier - Connect with 5,000+ apps
• Slack - Get run notifications in your channels
• Airbyte - Pipe results into your warehouse
• GitHub - Trigger runs from commits and releases
• Google Drive - Export datasets straight to Sheets

You can also use webhooks to trigger downstream actions when a run finishes. Push fresh data into your product backend, or alert your team in Slack.

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⚠️ Disclaimer: This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to DSIRE, the North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center, or the U.S. Department of Energy. It accesses only publicly available data from the DSIRE database.