Release No. 0417.09
Contact: USDA Office of Communications (202) 720-4623
AGRICULTURE SECRETARY VILSACK ANNOUNCES MORE THAN $13 MILLION TO HELP MEET COUNTRY'S RENEWABLE ENERGY NEEDS
DECATUR, Ill., Sept. 2, 2009 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the department is providing more than $13 million in loans and grants for 233 renewable energy projects in 38 states under the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP). Dallas Tonsager, Under Secretary for Rural Development, made the announcement on behalf of Vilsack during a speech at the Farm Progress Show.
"Under President Obama's leadership, USDA is working to increase the availability of renewable energy, which not only will reduce our dependence on foreign oil, but also strengthen our national economy," Vilsack said. "The funding announced today will help expand renewable energy in America, which is a key part of the nation's long-term strategy for continued economic prosperity and energy independence."
The loan guarantees and grants can be used for renewable energy systems, energy efficiency improvements, feasibility studies and energy audits. These funds are not part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. For more information on the REAP program, which is authorized under the 2008 Farm Bill, please visit www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/farmbill/index.html
Terrydale Farms, Inc., in Charleston, Ill., was selected to receive a $20,000 grant to replace a 25-year-old grain dryer that uses a labor-intensive process that often results in under- or over-dried grain. The replacement dryer will use technology that automatically adjusts the burner temperature to produce evenly dried grain in a shorter period of time. The new system is expected to reduce energy consumption by nearly 37 percent annually - or 125 million BTUs - and lower Terrydale Farms' annual energy bill by more than $8,500.
In Story City, Iowa, Milford Wind Energy, LLC, has been selected to receive a $1.8 million guaranteed loan and a $500,000 grant to build a 900 kilowatt wind turbine for energy generation. When complete, the turbine is expected to produce nearly 3.3 million kilowatts of electricity annually and generate more than $200,000 in electricity that will be sold to the local utility company. Construction of the turbine is expected to be completed next year.
REAP funding is already contributing to increased renewable energy production. For example, in 2003, USDA Rural Development approved a $300,000 renewable energy grant to Lincolnland Agri-Energy, LLC., in Palestine, Ill. The 453-farmer cooperative operates a livestock feed production plant and a 49-million-gallon-per-year ethanol plant. The grant enabled the cooperative to by a $1.4 million thermal oxidizer to control plant emissions. This critical piece of equipment removes 75 percent of the emissions from the dryer exhaust without reducing plant performance. The oxidizer has another benefit: the heat it produces is captured in a steam recovery system and turned into energy. Lincolnland's USDA grant produced 37 local jobs.
Funding of each recipient is contingent upon the recipient meeting the conditions of the grant or loan agreement. The following is a complete list of REAP projects announced today.
Alaska
Alascon Precast Shop, $3,700 grant
Heavenly Ridge, $3,800 grant
Bear Creek Winery, $4,500 grant
Alaska Power and Telephone Company, $50,000 grant
Arkansas
Winds of Change Leaseholding, LLC, $41,085 grant
Arizona
Sun Valley Roofing Company, $13,281 grant
Mantere, LLC, $10,000 grant
Sulfur Springs Valley Electric Cooperative, $99,750 grant
Colorado
M&M Land Management, LLC, $45,882 grant
Gunnison County Electric Association, Inc., $73,890 grant
Connecticut
Emery Nemeskay Plumbing & Heating, LLC, $24,600 grant
Historic Cargill Falls Mill, LLC, $5,000 grant
Putnam Green Power, LLC, $50,000 grant
Logee's Greenhouses, Ltd, $195,650 grant; $391,310 loan
Georgia
Garland Theodore Cowan, Jr.,$11,232 grant
Hanson H. Hudson, Jr.,$16,092 grant
Boyd Hagerson, $7,924 grant
Susan Holt, $7,195 grant
Norman C. Fussell, $19,958 grant
Bart Bradley, $15,642 grant
T & T Sumner Farms, $13,815 grant
J. Paul Wallace Farms, $12,798 grant
University of Georgia, $100,000 grant
Idaho
Arkoosh Hydroelectric, Inc., $12,500 grant
Innovative Energy, LLC, $50,000 grant
Murphy Flat Wind, LLC, $50,000 grant
Preston Whitney Irrigation Company, $12,500 grant
Illinois
Steven Haas, $20,000 grant
Terrydale Farms, Inc. $20,000 grant
Saddle Club Farms Corporation, $19,665 grant
Merritt & Merritt, Inc., $20,000 grant
Jo-Carroll Energy, Inc., $100,000 grant
Ron Schlesinger, $23,799 grant; $23,799 loan
Daryl Sondgeroth, $49,833 grant; $49,833 loan
JB Hunter, $42,857 grant; $50,000 loan
Matson Farms, Inc., $47,566 grant; $47,566 loan
Nolan Henert, $49,604 grant; $49,604 loan
Owens Brothers Farms, $22,500 grant; $45,000 loan
Thad Bramm, $26,906 grant; $26,906 loan
Gene Kruse, $25,625 grant; $25,625 loan
James Daehler, $22,740 grant; $22,740 loan
Fawn Midwest, Inc., $47,693, grant
Thacker Farms, $40,679 grant
F&F Farms, $49,615 grant
Kelso Brothers, $30,804 grant
David Damhoff, $25,933 grant
Bell Enterprises, Inc., $34,415 grant
Frank Hopkins Jr., $46,352 grant
Devin Henkel, $49,400 grant
Indiana
Larry Peacock , $13,998 grant
Brookview Farms, $19,840 grant
Pioneer Wind Energy, LLC, $50,000 grant
Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc., $100,000 grant
Iowa
Christopher J. Schwarck, $19,902 grant
Jason Meester, $18,450 grant
Joe Duwe, $10,533 grant
Ted Becker, $12,280 grant
Kevin L. Pietig, $12,252 grant
Kurt Steinbronn, $20,000 grant
Keith Franck, $20,000 grant
Milford Helgeson Farms, Inc.,$20,000 grant
Deutmeyer Farms, Inc., $6,750 grant
Roger Schmitt $20,000 grant
Neumayer Farm Partnership, $20,000 grant
Michael L. Haubrich, $20,000 grant
Bruce Schultz, $20,000 grant
Boshart & Sons, $20,000 grant
Jason Wiebers $15,995 grant
Oldham Farms, Inc., $19,784 grant
Neil Kruger, $19,874 grant
Daniel Bockenstedt, $20,000 grant
Leslie Clampitt, $20,000 grant
Bates Family Farms Corporation, $19,992 grant
Buskohl, Mark, $19,836 grant
3Fueled, LLC, $50,000 grant
LincolnWay Energy, LLC, $10,000 grant
Market Management Services, LLC, $18,000 grant
Consumers Energy Cooperative, $100,000 grant
Hawkeye Tri-County Electric, $100,000 grant
Alan Laubenthal, $38,722 grant; $77,444 loan
Ronald Bowman $23,681 grant; $47,363 loan
Klover Pork, LLC, $34,302 grant; $68,604 loan
Garry Anstoetter, $24,320 grant; $24,320 loan
Dale Zhorne $38,349 grant; $38,349 loan
McCool Bros., LLC, $30,971 grant; $31,141 loan
Steven Mummelthei, $39,313 grant; $78,625 loan
Jack D. Moulds, $49,982 grant; $99,964 loan
Dean & Sandra, Inc., $27,388 grant; $27,388 loan
Michael Blake $49,121 grant; $49,121 loan
Danny Newell $41,559 grant $41,559 loan
Jay R. Clasing $155,794 grant; $311,588 loan
Steve Robinson, $27,500 grant; $27,500 loan
Milford Wind Energy, LLC, $500,000 grant; $1,831,820 loan
Seuntjens Farm, Partnership, $37,240 grant; $37,240 loan
Daniel Lonnevik, $31,912 grant, $63,824 loan
D J Keehner Farms, Inc., $25,678 grant; $25,678 loan
Franzen Brothers, $50,000 grant; $66,750 loan
Kansas
Galen L. Neher, $9,240 grant
Danken Energy, LLC, $38,800 grant
Kentucky
EffENERGY, LLC, $50,000 grant
Genesis Development of Kentucky, LLC, $44,577 grant
Louisiana
St. Landry Land Holdings, LLC, $3,750 grant
Massachusetts
Allen Farm, Inc., $10,000 grant
Barnstable County, $100,000 grant
Maryland
Cascia Vineyards, $2,500 grant
Maine
State of Maine, Public Utilities Commission, Efficiency Maine, $100,000 grant
Michigan
Beebe Community Wind Farm, LLC, $50,000 grant
Michigan State University, $100,000 grant
Minnesota
Larry Hoffman, $19,987 grant
Bruce Kesteloot, $12,393 grant
Gary Engelby $16,691 grant
Nancy Schumacher, $12,225 grant Gregory Guetter, $13,948 grant
Kriene Kramer, $13,624 grant
Peter and Paul Wendinger, $19,850 grant
David Efta, $18,435 grant
Mark Sikkink, $19,975 grant
Lyndon Kunkel, $17,435 grant
Robert Schmidt, $19,464 grant
Paul Gergen, $18,005 grant
Mark Parker, $7,056 grant
Colleen Lamon, $7,203 grant
Allen Weckwerth, $17,685 grant
Farm Boys, LLC, $20,000 grant
Harland E. Nelson, $18,040 grant
Ronald Marzinske, $12,408 grant
Cletus C. & Dennis C. Gregor, Partnership, $12,902 grant
Dan Pettis, $11,658 grant
Dennis Preuss, $20,000 grant
Alan Scheuer, $20,000 grant
Scott Ryan, $19,396 grant
Blake T. Webster, $18,187 grant
Craig and Kathy Damstrom, $18,750 grant
Eagle Crest Wind, LLC, $21,250 grant
Heron Lake Bio Energy, $20,000 grant
J & L Hennum, Inc., $7,173 grant
Joseph Schaffer, $24,350 grant
Larson Products, Inc., $25,000 grant
Rocky Top Wind, $21,250 grant
Frederic Hiniker, $35,908 grant; $35,908 loan
Gary Sonstegard, $43,455 grant; $43,455 loan South Branch Farms, $32,943 grant; $32,943 loan
Connelly Farms, $33,215 grant; $33,215 loan
Marquette Farms, $46,948 grant; $46,948 loan
Thomas F. Lorenzen, $32,899 grant; $32,899 loan
McCue Farms, Partnership, $44,831 grant; $44,831 loan
Missouri
Show Me Green Coal Management, LLC, $12,500 grant
Grundy Electric Cooperative, Inc., $100,000 grant
Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc., $100,000 grant
Mississippi
Lisa Rushing, $4,910 grant
North Carolina
C.E. McSwain & Son, Inc., $10,045 grant
Joseph F. Baker Farms, Inc., $13,850 grant
Wiley B. Gillam, III, $19,888 grant
David Parker, $4,679 grant
North Dakota
W-E Wind, LLC, $8,750 grant
Nebraska
Paul Corkle, $3,628 grant
John Kraye, $8,757 grant
Wray Wanches, Inc., $8,000 grant
Lyle Spangler, $9,054 grant
Michael Freeman, $5,625 grant
Phillip Merrill, $12,857 grant
Cottonwood Land & Cattle, LLC, $7,877 grant
Ruggles Farms, Inc., $14,743 grant
L & M Farms, $10,279 grant
James J. May, $20,000 grant
Malleck Farm and Wind Ventures, LLC, $15,025 grant Renewable Biomass Energy of Nebraska, LLC, $5,437 grant
Nebraska Public Power District, $100,000 grant
Omaha Public Power District $100,000 grant
Daniel Kohle, $6,709 grant; $13,418 loan
Donald Fling, $9,796 grant; $19,592 loan
Ruggles Land, LP, $17,822 grant; $35,600 loan
Doug Witte, $7,601 grant; $15,200 loan
McClung Farms, Inc., $28,976 grant; $55,000 loan
Raymond Keogh, $6,008 grant; $12,016 loan
David Kuszak, $12,579 grant; $25,157 loan
Michael R. Danhauer, $49,818 grant; $99,636 loan
Klute, Inc., $41,724 grant; $83,449 loan
Paul Holt, $23,653 grant; $47,305 loan
Bryan Nitchie, $12,500 grant; $25,000 loan
Bullet, Inc., $6,446 grant; $12,893 loan
Dennis Wrage, $20,154 grant; $40,307 loan
Mark Scott, $32,622 grant; $32,622 loan SYS, Inc., $48,693 grant; $97,386 loan
New Hampshire
Gale C. Howland Revocable Trust, $5,855 grant
Lanciano Wind Energy, LLC, $50,000 grant
New Mexico
Kit Carson Electric Cooperative, Inc., $100,000 grant
Ohio
America Municipal Power - Ohio, $100,000 grant
Oregon
Stephen Sturdivant, $20,000 grant
Redband Resources, LLC, $20,000 grant
Richard Schaeff, $12,441 grant
Glenn Cavender, $7,438 grant
Willow Springs Guest Ranch, LLC, $3,875 grant
Grizzly Peak Winery, LLC, $20,000 grant
Kunert Electric, LLC, $20,000 grant
A3 Energy Partners, Inc., $25,000 grant
Biogreen Sustainable Energy Company, $18,000 grant
Black Cap Solar, LLC, $20,000 grant
Empirical Solar, LLC, $20,000 grant
Sage Renewables, LLC, $20,000 grant
Sprague River Renewables, LLC, $20,000 grant
Tongue Point Investors, LLC $50,000 grant
Oregon Institute of Technology, Oregon Renewable Energy Center, $99,991 grant
Oregon State University, Energy Efficiency Center, $100,000 grant
Pennsylvania
John K. Davin, Forever Greene House, $7,268 grant
South Carolina
Carr Farms, Inc., $6,750 grant
Central Electric Power Cooperative, Inc., $100,000 grant
South Dakota
William Becking, $17,600 grant
Darrel Muser, $3,319 grant
Harvest Wind, LLC, $50,000 grant
East River Electric Power Cooperative, Inc., $100,000 grant
Allen G. Siefkes, $30,480 grant; $30,480 loan
Anita M. Hilliard, $32,940 grant; $29,500 loan
Tennessee
Nashville Native, LLC, $17,077 grant
Texas
Aongus McManus, $10,000 grant
LoneStar Wind Power Company, $10,276 grant
Utah
West Hills Wind Farm, $10,000 grant
Wind-E Ranch, LLC, $42,500 grant
Virginia
Unaka Forest Products, Inc., $435,271 grant; $435,271 loan
Vermont
Wayne Fifield, $4,710 grant
Rodney and Glenda Paradee, $3,316 grant
David L. Steinhour and Norman Fecteau, $7,928 grant
Joseph A. Jordan, $3,459 grant
Washington
Pacifica Marine, Inc., $15,000 grant
Wisconsin
William Erdenberger, $20,000 grant
Habeck Homestead Farms, LLC, $6,025 grant
Arndt Farms, Inc., $20,000 grant
Dunn Energy Cooperative, $4,548 grant
Utility Building Corp., $5,246 grant
O'Brien Farms, Inc., $24,725 grant
Durand Energy Alternatives, LLC, $11,245 grant
Dairyland Power Cooperative, $100,000 grant
West Virginia
West Virginia University Research Cooperation, $100,000 grant
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