Northampton Community College (NCC) received a $100,000 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to serve agricultural producers and rural small businesses throughout Pennsylvania by providing on-site renewable energy assessments through the Emerging Technology Applications Center (ETAC) at the college.

The ETAC team at NCC will travel across Pennsylvania to provide at least 26 businesses with economic and technical assessments concerning operations, facilities and equipment.

A business can choose to implement an alternative energy source, and the USDA could provide funding for up to half the installed cost to accelerate the deployment of the technology.

Information: northampton.edu/etac.