Energy Grant Awards

USDA Rural Development is providing $62.5 million in loans and grants for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects under USDA’s energy grant program called Rural Energy for America Program (REAP), an important initiative to help rebuild and revitalize rural America. REAP provides matching grants to rural small businesses and agricultural producers for the purchase and installation of renewable energy generation systems or energy efficiency improvements. Grants are awarded via a national competition based on merit. Applications are now being accepted for FY2010 at the Oregon Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) website (http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/or/reap.htm).