FOA-USDA
- REAP Energy Audit and Renewable Energy Development Assistance Program
(RDBCP-REAP-RES-EEI-2021); March 31, 2021
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) 2021. 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:
·
Energy
audits.
·
Renewable
energy technical assistance
·
Renewable
energy site assessments
Announcement
Number:
RDBCP-REAP-RES-EEI-2021
Closing
Date:
March
31, 2021
Link
to Full Announcement
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=330153
Contact
Information
Deb
Yocum