Advance Seal to install solar array
By Jennifer Stultz
Tri-County Tribune Editor
Special to the Tribune
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Kansas Director Christy Davis announced recently that Rural Development is investing $2,665,042 to lower costs, expand clean energy production and strengthen Kansas farms and small businesses.
“Rural Development is ensuring farmers and rural small business owners have the resources they need for the future,” Davis said. “These investments will help Kansas communities with lower costs and better availability of clean energy.”
One Pratt County company, Advance Seal Kansas, LLC, has been approved for a $27,500 grant that will help purchase and install a 9.12 kW solar array for the drywall and insulation company. The project is estimated to generate 12,845 kWh per year, enough energy to power one home.
The recent USDA grant announcement is part of a larger national announcement that includes projects in 39 other states. Additional Kansas projects include a $42,500 grant will help install a 15 kilowatt (kW) wind turbine for Mark Eitel, an ag producer in Lane County; a $54,750 grant will help S&K Agronomy, of Hiawatha, purchase and install a 15 kW wind turbine; a $57,250 grant will help Junior Nelson Farms Inc. purchase and install a 15 kW wind turbine to support their agricultural operation in Troy that will power three homes; a $57,250 grant for Johnson Farms Inc. to purchase and install a 15 kW wind turbine to support their agricultural operation in Bendena; a $57,250 grant will help Gerald Boos purchase and install a 15 kW wind turbine to support his agricultural operation in Denton; a $77,047 grant will help update refrigeration equipment for Kiers Thriftway, a grocery store in Clay Center; a $60,359 grant will help purchase and install a 27.5 kW solar array for Business Logistics LLC, a lessor of nonresidential buildings in Hutchinson; a $54,941 grant will help purchase and install a 31.395 kW solar array for Clay County Lumber and Supply LLC of Clay Center; a $144,675 grant will help purchase and install a 130 kW solar array for Waltons Inc., a merchant wholesaler in Bel Aire; a $71,408 grant will help purchase and install a 50.4 kW solar array for Bender Steel and Repair Inc., a building architectural and metal work business in Valley Center; a $27,504 grant will help purchase and install two photo voltaic solar systems with a total system size of 12.64 kW for Re:Done LLC, a residential home remodeling contractor located in Manhattan which will replace 85 percent of the business’s annual energy needs; a $64,974 grant will help purchase and install a 40.74 kW solar array for TK Investment Group LLC, a lessor of non-residential buildings in Hutchinson; plus additional higher awards for solar arrays across the state.
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