Submitted photo from March 27, 2024 of Christian and Heidi Batteau's USDA grant-funded solar array in Witter, Ark. in Madison County. the array went online last month and is expected to save them $5,083 a year, replacing 68,809 kilowatt hours of energy annually, or 122% of their historic usage. Photo courtesy of Neal Sliger.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is giving eight Rural Energy for America Program grants worth a combined $307,000 to Arkansas companies, six to install solar arrays, one for an energy-efficient grain bin monitoring system and another for upgrades to an existing renewable energy system.
