USDA to award $23 million for renewable energy projects
Rural Cooperatives, May-June, 2004 by Dan Campbell
Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman announced in early May the availability of approximately $23 million in grants to support President Bush's energy plan to develop renewable energy systems and promote energy efficiency improvements. Veneman said the Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvements program was created as part of the 2002 Farm Bill to assist farmers, ranchers and rural small businesses develop renewable energy systems and make energy efficiency improvements to their operations. In 2003, the Bush administration invested $21.7 million to assist 114 applicants from 24 states develop or improve wind power, anaerobic digester, solar, ethanol and other bioenergy related systems or energy efficiency improvements.
Applicants must be agricultural producers or rural small businesses, U.S. citizens or legal residents and have demonstrated financial need. USDA Rural Development grants may be used to pay up to 25 percent of the eligible project costs. Eligible projects include those that derive energy from a wind, solar, biomass or geothermal source, or hydrogen derived from biomass or water using wind, solar, or geothermal energy sources.
Applications must be completed and submitted with a postmark no later than July 19, 2004. Detailed information about program requirements and information on how and where to apply is included in the funding notice in the May 5 Federal Register. Awards will be made on a competitive basis for the purchase of renewable energy systems and to make energy improvements.
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