USDA Rural Development Section 9006:  Renewable Energy/Energy Efficiency Improvement Program

http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/farmbill/index.html

Contact Information:

Rural Energy Coordinator:

Milton Geiger

1949 Sugarland Dr., Suite 118

Sheridan, WY 82801

(307) 672-5820 ext. 4

email: milt.geiger@wy.usda.gov

Grants and loans are available to producers and rural small businesses to make energy efficiency improvements or to install a renewable energy system.

Examples:

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Replace irrigation pumps with more efficient ones

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Small business adding insulation, retrofitting lighting or improving heating or cooling systems

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Installation of wind turbines

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Installation of solar/wind remote stock pumps

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Construction of a biodiesel production facility

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Installation of an anaerobic digester in a feedlot

For information on the application process, including forms and technology guidance go to:

http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/farmbill/tools.html

For information of Wyoming renewable energy resources and incentives go to:

http://www.eere.energy.gov/states/alternatives/

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