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Section 5
Energy Grants and Loans

  • USDA Press Release: Inviting 2010 Applications for Grants and Guaranteed Loans to Cover Investments in Renewable Energy Systems, Energy Efficiency Improvements, and to Conduct Energy Audits and Feasibility Studies on Renewable Energy Systems. Applications due on or before June 30, 2010.
     
  • REAP Fact Sheet: Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) through the USDA Rural Development offer grants and guaranteed loans to cover investments in renewable energy systems, energy efficiency improvements, and to conduct energy audits and feasibility studies on renewable energy systems
     
  • REAP Application Resources and Templates
     
  • REAP Scoring Guideline: Rural Energy for America Program Evaluation Criteria Scoring Guideline by the USDA Rural Development
     
  • Rural Location Eligibility: Use this resource to determine if your property is considered by the USDA to be located in a rural location
     
  • USDA Press Release: Ten Michigan Farmers and Rural Small Businesses received $317,612 in Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Improvement grants or guaranteed loans in 2008
     
  • USDA Press Release: Eight Michigan Farmers and Rural Small Businesses received $2,361,093 in Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Improvement grants or guaranteed loans in 2007
     
  • Section 9006: Sample Small Wind Application by the USDA Rural Development
     
  • Grants and Incentives Lend a Hand by Brad Kennedy, Greenhouse Grower; reprinted from the April 2006 issue of Greenhouse Grower
     
  • Michigan RETAP: Retired Engineer Technical Assistance Program
     
  • Greenhouse Energy Tax Incentives by Stephanie Burnett and Lois Berg Stack, University of Maine
     
  • Small Business P2 Loans by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
     

  • Financial Assistance from the Environmental Science and Services Division (ESSD) of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
     


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