Mon, 02/08/2021 - 11:45am The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture is investing $17.6 million through loan guarantees for solar renewable energy projects in Maine through its Rural Energy for America Program, and a Waldoboro privately-owned venture will receive $4 .76 million of that total. For these loans, the federal government is working with the lender Crestmark, A Division of Meta Bank. The projects are: Pequawket Trail Baldwin Solar, LLC, located in Baldwin, will receive $10.9 million to refinance a short-term loan used to build a 6.835 MWdc ground-mounted solar project located in Baldwin. In addition to the REAP loan, the project will be financed by a borrower contribution of $187,483 and a tax equity investment of $6,200,000.