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USDA Rural Development Renewable Energy
The development of renewable energy industries can be the catalyst that leads to an economic renaissance in rural America. USDA Rural Development is helping to achieve this transformation by funding the development and commercialization of renewable energy sources, including wind, solar, geothermal, hydrogen, biomass and biofuel. By making renewable energy sources commercially viable, USDA Rural Development is creating lasting avenues for wealth, new jobs and increased economic opportunities in rural communities.
USDA Rural Development has commissioned several studies to describe the current and future state of the renewable energy industries, and public and private strategies for dealing with the constraints, challenges and opportunities that will emerge as the renewable energy sector grows. These studies are summarized below:
Overcoming Constraints to Rapid Growth in the Bio-Fuels Industry
Business Models for Ethanol and Renewable Energy
Models for Funneling Investments to Local Communities
Linking Distributed Electricity Production from Alternative Energy Sources to the Traditional Generation and Transmission System
Directory of Rural—Farmer, Rancher, and Fishery Cooperative
This directory contains a listing, by State, of over 1,100 marketing, farm supply, service, fishery, and bargaining cooperatives. The information was collected from every cooperative that USDA Rural Development’s Cooperative Programs surveys that wished to be in this directory. The information includes the cooperative’s contact information, type of cooperative, and products that they sell. The directory will be updated monthly as cooperatives are added or when contact information changes.
Cooperatives Program State Resource Map
For your convenience we have provided a Cooperatives Program State Resource Map. The map provides links to valuable resources available in your local area.
The direct URL to access the map is http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/coops/map2.htm or you may link to the webpage by the right menu above - State Resources, then State Resources Map.
Latest issue of Rural Cooperative Magazine
This magazine is published every other month and focuses on cooperatives and issues facing cooperatives.
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