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(U.S. Department of Agriculture)  USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Justin Maxson today announced that the department is accepting applications for loan guarantees and grants for renewable energy systems; and to make energy efficiency improvements, conduct energy audits and provide development assistance. Funds are being made available under the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP). USDA is seeking applications for Fiscal Year 2022 funding. The deadlines to apply for grants ...

Single-family housing borrowers get some much needed relief from the USDA July 26, 2021 DELMARVA – Another part of the announcement on Monday from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Rural Development; they are extending COVID-19 relief for Single-Family housing borrowers. We’re told this special relief measure provides new alternatives for borrowers to help them achieve up to a 20% percent reduction in their monthly principal and interest payments. Now there will be new options for home...

Many rural counties in the United States face the dual challenges of lagging economic growth and increasingly severe effects of climate change. While urban areas are not uniformly prosperous and rural areas are not uniformly poor, rural communities on average lag behind their urban counterparts on most key economic indicators — from poverty rates to labor force participation. Rural areas represent 86% of persistent poverty counties in the U.S., while over 50% of rural Black residents live in ...

By CLINT SCHEMMER Culpeper Star–Exponent ORANGE—In a breakthrough culminating nearly 30 years of work at James Madison’s Montpelier, descendants of enslaved persons at a major national historic site for the first time will be co-equals in governing the place that held their ancestors in bondage. The National Trust for Historic Preservation, which owns the Virginia home of the fourth U.S. president and “Father of the Constitution,” lauded the decision by Mont...

MONEY IN LIGHT — The U.S. federal government is incentivising investment in solar energy through tax credits and other means. (Division of Agriculture graphic.) FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — A combination of policy and financial incentives have opened the door to solar for agriculture operations in Arkansas. These include: Net Metering Net metering is a metering and billing arrangement designed to ensure fair credit for the owner/customer of a distributed generation system for electricity exported t...

President Bidens USDA Budget Scales Back COVID Aid

President Bidens USDA Budget Scales Back COVID Aid

United States Geothermal Power Market Report-by Technology , Opportunity Analysis and Industry Growth Forecast 2026 mandmJune 1, 2021 The research reports on United States Geothermal Power Market report gives detailed overview of factors that affect global business scope. United States Geothermal Power Market report shows the latest market insights with upcoming trends and breakdowns of products and services. This report provides statistics on the market situation, size, regions and growth fac...

Rising Needs to Optimize Grid Performances Drive the DERM Market Distributed energy resource management (DERM) refers to the distribution grid management. These systems are primarily used to tackle the challenges related to the distribution of electric utilities. The strong market growth attributes to the global energy demand rising with the expanding population and escalating urbanization rate across emerging regions.  Rising advances in grid infrastructure technologies, alongside the need to...

May 3, 2021 MORGANTOWN — On Earth Day 2021, Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Justin Maxson announced the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $487 million in critical infrastructure that will help communities in 45 states build back better and stronger while prioritizing climate-smart solutions and environmental stewardship. USDA is making the investments under the Water and Environmental Program, the Rural Energy for America Program, the Electric Loan Prog...