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USDA grants awarded for two local projects

By Greg Bebermeyer

12/07/2021

(KNZA )--USDA Rural Development has awarded funding for two local energy infrastructure improvement projects.

According to a news release, a more than $177,000 grant has been awarded to create infrastructure to expand the sales and use of renewable fuels at fueling stations owned by the Kickapoo Tribe of rural Horton. The project will increase the amount of ethanol sold by nearly 110,000 gallons per year.

A nearly $5,000 grant will used to install an 8 kilowatt rooftop solar array on the main building of the Red Rock Guest Ranch—a bed and breakfast facility in Soldier. The project will realize nearly $1,800 per year in savings and will replace nearly 16,000 kilowatt hours—equating to 44 percent of annual energy use and enough energy to power one house.

Dan Fischer, acting state director for USDA Rural Development, announced Monday that the agency is investing nearly $834,000 to improve the energy infrastructure in 26 Kansas towns and counties.

The funding is coming through two programs designed to help people and businesses in rural areas---the Rural Energy for America Program and the Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program.

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