Rural Business-Cooperative Service · Department of Agriculture
Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvements Program
Key facts
- Deadline
- No deadline listed (see notice)
- Award size
- $1,500 – $500K
- Total available
- $35.4M · about 1000 awards
- Cost share / match
- Required
- Who can apply
- Other (see eligibility), Small business, Tribal organization
- Where
- Anywhere in the U.S., including Tennessee
How this fits you
- Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- Requires a cost share / match
- Tennessee recipients since 2023: 25
Tell us who you are to see whether you're eligible.
Read the official notice View on Grants.gov
About this grant
REAP Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvement Program.
Refer to Application Package AND Application Instruction links to obtain all necessary forms for a complete application.
Contact State Energy Coordinators with questions: http://www.rd.usda.gov/files/RBS_StateEnergyCoordinators.pdf
Eligibility (from the notice)
Agricultural Producers
Who in Tennessee has won this program
25 awards to Tennessee recipients in 18 counties since federal FY2023. Largest shown:
| Recipient | Where | Amount | FY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spitfire Llc | Germantown, Shelby County | $1M | 2024 |
| Clark Hardwoods, Llc | Erin, Houston County | $990K | 2025 |
| Ssm Industries, Inc | Spring City, Bledsoe County | $984K | 2024 |
| Liberty Hill Farms, Llc | Somerville, Fayette County | $978K | 2024 |
| Novamet Specialty Products Corporation | Lebanon, Smith County | $908K | 2025 |
| Cold Steppe, Inc. | Memphis, Shelby County | $654K | 2025 |
| Yarbro Farms | Martin, Weakley County | $536K | 2024 |
| Cumberland Container Corporation | Monterey, Cumberland County | $500K | 2024 |
| Advanced Tool & Machine, Llc | Morristown, Hamblen County | $490K | 2024 |
| Pulliam Trucking And Farm, Llc | Somerville, Fayette County | $476K | 2024 |
| Ronnie Yeargin | Greenfield, Weakley County | $442K | 2025 |
| Jenny Farm Llc | Bradford, Gibson County | $336K | 2024 |
Source: USAspending.gov. Past awards show who this program funds; they don't guarantee future awards.
About the program (10.868)
Rural Energy for America Program — REAP
How applications are judged
(1) Quantity of Energy Replaced, Produced, or Saved
(2) Environmental benefits
(3) Commercial availability
(4) Technical Merit �
(5) Readiness (Grants only)
(6) Small Agricultural Producer/Very Small Rural Business
(7) Simplified application
(8) Previous grantees and borrowers
(9) Simple payback
(10) State Director and Administrator priorities and points.
(11) Loan Rate (Guaranteed Loans only:
Matching requirements
This program has no statutory formula.
Matching Requirements: For Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvement assistance: The applicant must provide at least 75 percent of leveraged funds if the request is for grant only funds.
For a combination grant and loan guarantee and loan guarantee only, the applicant must provide at least 25 percent of leveraged funds. Other Federal grants may not be used to meet the 75 percent requirement for the grant.
For Energy Audit and Renewable Energy Development Assistance: The recipient of the energy audit must pay at least 25% of the cost of the audit.MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
Examples of funded projects
Fiscal Year2025: This Rural Development investment will be used for the purchase, replacement, and installation of energy efficient cooler and freezer for a meat processing cooperative. This project is expected to save $5,486.55per year. It will replace 50,922 kilowatt hours (kWh) per year, which is enough energy to power 5 homes.
This Rural Development investment will be used to help beef cattle producer to install more energy-efficient electric pivot irrigation. The improvements are expected to save the business $2,900 in electrical costs per year and replace 35,300 kilowatt hours (85 percent of the business energy use) per year, which is enough energy to power three homes.