Source: Canary Media

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The Biden administration announced $78 million — the latest from a $1billion program — to install solar, batteries, and more in rural communities.

The Biden-Harris administration is bringing clean power to America’s less populated — and sometimes overlooked — regions.

On Tuesday, the Department of Energy announced $78 million for 19 clean energy projects in rural communities from Alaska to Alabama, for installing everything from solar and batteries to power lines and heat pumps.

The funding is part of the Energy Improvements in Rural or Remote Areas (ERA) program, a $1 billion initiative created by the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. This latest influx of funds to support rural communities, defined as having populations of fewer than 10,000, comes on the heels of the program’s biggest wave of funding so far: $366 million for 17 mostly larger-scale projects announced in February.

Read more: Clean energy in rural America gets another big boost of federal funding