Two rural Florida businesses—a freshwater dive resort and an equipment rental and sales store—are entering the renewable energy transition thanks to nearly $200,000 in on-site solar funding from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Blue Grotto LLC of Levy County, Fla., and Adaptive Enterprises Corp. in Fort Walton Beach are installing solar photovoltaic (PV) systems at their sites. The USDA Rural Development program is awarding $190,845 to the two businesses as they install renewables to help offset utility energy costs and reduce carbon emissions.
“USDA is committed to ensuring farmers, ranchers and small businesses are directly benefiting from both a clean energy economy and a strong U.S. supply chain,” said Lakeisha Hood Moїse, Florida State Director with USDA Rural Development.
Levy County freshwater dive resort Blue Grotto will receive nearly $138,000 to install a planned 45-kW solar PV system, hoping to save $7,750 a year in electricity costs.
Adaptive Enterprises, which rents and sells various types of equipment in Fort Walton Beach, will utilize its $53,447 award to install a 36.86-kWh grid-tied solar PV system. The project will include four solar inverters and replace 99% of the building’s historic energy consumption, according to the USDA news release.
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