Resources to help the small business owner adopt green technologies are available from the federal government, from state and local governments, and from private resources. Not surprisingly, informational resources are far more prevalent than financial resources, but some financial resources do exist. The problem for most small businesses is that many of those resources are targeted for the developer of green technologies rather than the end user.
Nevertheless, the availability of the resources is expected to grow, as the U.S. moves its energy policy in the direction of renewables and other related technologies. The optimism that small business owners feel is tempered somewhat, of course, by economic conditions. Whether funds will be available to encourage these technologies, and to what extent, remains to be seen.
In the meantime, explore what currently exists by taking a look at any of the following: