College of Agriculture & Natural Resources

An Investment and Cost Guide for Delaware Poultry Growers

The purpose of this guide is to enable a poultry grower to evaluate the initial investment, annual revenue or savings, and investment pay period for solar energy systems.
We would like to recognize the contributions to this guide from the University of Delaware Center for Energy and Environmental Policy (CEEP), Lado Kurdgelashvilli, and John Byrne.  The tables provide examples that were prepared using PV Planner, a software tool developed by CEEP with partial support from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (USA). For additional information on this software, please click here.

This guide was prepared by Andrea Kreiner, A. Kreiner Company, with input from Mike Bowman (Delaware Technology Park), Robin Morgan (University of Delaware, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources), and David Weir (Delaware Biotechnology Institute) and Katy O’Connell (University of Delaware, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources) are acknowledged for helpful suggestions on the manual.  

• * The version of the guide and appendices below (Version 3) was produced in January of 2010. Versions 1 and 2 (produced in 2008) were based on legislation at that time. Recent changes in legislation prompted this third version. Updates will be provided at the start of each year, or as legislation changes.
• An Investment and Cost Guide for Poultry Growers-January 2010 [pdf]
• Checklists and Forms
  • Appendix A: Green Energy Fund Grant Program
  • Appendix B: Federal Commercial Solar Tax Credit
  • Appendix C: Renewable Energy Credits (RECs)
  • Appendix D: USDA Renewable Energy Grant
  • Appendix E: USDA Renewable Energy Loan Checklist for Submission of Application
  • Appendix F: Project Calculations Including Tax on Savings and Energy Sales