Farm Energy Online Publications
Farm Energy Backgrounders and Reports
- An American Success Story: The Farm Bill's Clean Energy Programs highlights some of the innovative projects that received funding through the 2002 Farm Bill's Section 9006 Clean Energy Title.
- Community Wind Financing Handbook explains the options for structuring and financing community-based wind power projects.
- WTO Legal Impacts on Commodity Subsidies finds that the WTO legal ruling on commodity subsidies may provide opportunity to gain support for farm-based natural resources conservation and clean energy development programs.
- Farm Bill Grants and Federal Production Tax Credits discusses the potential impact of a Section 9006 grant on federal renewable energy production tax credits.
- Loan Guarantee Programs Can Spark Significant Clean Energy Investment in Rural America describes both the Section 9006 and Business & Industry loan guarantee programs.
- Memo summary of 2002 clean energy provisions in the Farm Bill. Produced by ELPC back when the 2002 Farm Bill was passed.
Other Studies and Resources
- Job Jolt: The Economic Impacts of Repowering the Midwest details the job and investment potential of implementing comprehensive clean energy legislation for the Midwest.
- Repowering the Midwest outlines a region-wide clean energy development plan for the heartland.