Farm Bill 9006 Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Program: Fact Sheet
The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Program, through USDA-Rural Development, offers grants, guaranteed loans, and combination grant guaranteed loans to help agriculture producers and rural small businesses purchase and install renewable energy systems and make energy efficiency improvements in rural areas.
Clean Energy Farming: Cutting Costs, Improving Efficiencies, Harnessing Renewables Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Bulletin features innovative SARE-funded research and examples of farmers who are improving energy efficiency while saving money, implementing farming practices that both save energy and protect natural resources, and producing and using renewable fuels.
Purdue Extension BioEnergy: Fueling America Through Renewable Resources Purdue Agriculture researchers are hard at work on issues such as, bioenergy, renewable fuels, ethanol, biodiesel, and DDGS. On their website is links to publications in the Purdue Extension BioEnergy series.
Wind Energy
The MSU Extension Wind Energy Homepage offers Michigan landowners information on their options for wind energy. On this site you will find information on wind generation in Michigan, wind energy resource maps, some frequently asked questions, and a glossary of wind energy terms.
Michigan Land Use Guidelines for Siting Wind Energy Systems an MSU Extension Bulletin
Small Wind Electric Systems: A U.S. Consumer's Guide.
This guide provides consumers with information to help them determine whether a small wind electric system can provide all or a portion of the energy they need for their home or business based on their wind resources.
Solar & Wind Energy Equipment Suppliers: List of Alternative Energy Suppliers in Michigan.
Ubly, MI Wind Farm built by Nobel Environmental Power and RMT WindConnect, consiting of 46 GE wind turbines in Bingham and Sheridan townships, and will generate 1.5 megawatts of wind power - enough for about 23,000 homes.