Provides guaranteed loan financing and grant funding to agricultural producers and rural small businesses to purchase or install renewable energy systems or make energy efficiency improvements.
Beginning Oct. 1, 2020, this program will be streamlined under the OneRD Guarantee Loan Initiative.
Application Deadline: Year-round
Organization: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Eligible Projects:
Agricultural producers with at least 50% of gross income coming from agricultural operations, and small businesses in eligible rural areas. Businesses must be in an area other than a city or town with a population of greater than 50,000 inhabitants and the urbanized area of that city or town.
Funding Amount: Varies.