Usda Announces Nearly $21 Million For Renewable Energy
Selection of 150 applicants to receive almost $21 million in USDA Rural Development grant assistance for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in 32 States has been announced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
The renewable energy and energy efficiency projects involve a wide range of wind, solar, biomass, geothermal, and conservation technologies. For example, Wasatch Wind, LLC will receive $500,000 in funding for phase one of a wind energy generation project to be located at Spanish Fork Canyon, Utah.
Combined with matching funds, the USDA grant will result in the construction of a 1.5 megawatt wind generation tower, the first of 10 towers planned for the site. Synthetic Energy, Inc., of Ketchum, Idaho, will use its grant of $199,863 to purchase wind turbines to power a commercial hydrogen generator.
The remaining 148 recipients include farmers, coops, rural small businesses.
A list of these recipients can be seen at http://www.rurdev.usda.gov. USDA Rural Development’s mission is to deliver programs in a way that will support increasing economic opportunity and improve the quality of life of rural residents.
