Commercial Applications

Agriculture

Rural farms and ranches – From irrigation and processing equipment to simple heating and lighting applications, rural farms consume large amounts of electricity in their day-to-day operations.

Key Benefits

• REAP benefits – Rural Energy for America Program grants and loans can provide additional financial resources for eligible renewable energy system purchases and installations.
• Ease of installation – Most rural areas have lenient siting and zoning regulations, making installation of wind energy systems much easier.
• Lower cost of energy – reliable value-optimized distributed energy concept offsets escalating utility-supplied energy prices.
• Reduced carbon footprint – distributed renewable “GREEN” power supplementing fossil fuel-generated electricity.
• Faster investment payback – federal tax credits, state grant programs, and qualified accelerated asset depreciation lower initial capital investment.