Researchers aim to help farmers, small businesses save energy, ‘go green’

Front row, from left: Dr. Ramesh Kolluru, vice president of Research, Innovation, and Economic Development; Deidre Deculus Robert, director of state USDA Rural Development; Dr. Peng Solomon Yin, associate professor in Mechanical Engineering and principal investigator of the REAP grant; Chaston Price, coordinator of state USDA Rural Development Energy; Dr. Terry Chambers, director of the University’s EDA-funded Green Hydrogen Center of Excellence and its Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Energy Center and co
A new initiative led by Dr. Peng Yin and Dr. Terrence Chambers at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette is set to revolutionize energy efficiency and renewable energy adoption for agricultural producers and rural small businesses across the state. The project, funded by the USDA’s Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) Grant, aims to provide crucial technical assistance to promote energy…

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