(FOA)-USDA
- REAP Energy Audit and Renewable Energy Development Assistance Program
(RDBCP-REAP-EA-REDA-2019); January 31, 2019
Agency
US
Department of Agriculture - Business and Cooperative
Programs
Description
The
Rural Business- Cooperative Service (the Agency) Notice of Solicitation of
Applications (NOSA) is being issued for financial assistance under Rural Energy
for America Program (REAP) for Federal Fiscal Year (FY) 2019. The REAP has two
types of funding assistance: (1) Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency
Improvements Assistance, and (2) Energy Audit and Renewable Energy Development
Assistance Grants. The Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency
Improvement Assistance provides grants and guaranteed loans to agricultural
producers and rural small businesses to purchase and install renewable energy
systems and make energy efficiency improvements to their operations. Eligible
renewable energy systems for REAP provide energy from: Wind, solar, renewable
biomass (including anaerobic digesters), small hydro-electric, ocean,
geothermal, or hydrogen derived from these renewable resources. The recipient
of grant funds, grantee, will establish a program to assist agricultural
producers and rural small businesses with evaluating the energy efficiency and
the potential to incorporate renewable energy technologies into their
operations. Assistance provided must consist of:
Announcement
Number:
RDBCP-REAP-EA-REDA-2019
Closing
Date:
Energy
audits and renewable energy development assistance grant applications: January
31, 2019
Renewable
energy system and energy efficiency improvements grant applications and
combination grant and guaranteed loan applications: April 1,
2019
Link
to Full Announcement
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=310978
Contact
Information
Scott
Maas
(859)
224-7435