Infrastructure/Technology

The move to alternative energy systems, energy efficiency, and new energy technologies is occuring rapidly across the US and in Nebraska. The University of Nebraska Rural Initiative has begun to compile a list of organizations and businesses participating in this emerging energy-focused economic sector.

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  A Crash Course in Infrastructure - Expensive but Essential Components for Rural (and Urban) Nebraska's Future
• Energy Organizations and Businesses in Nebraska

  If you know of a energy-related organization or business in Nebraska that should be added to this matrix, please email us at ruralinfo@unl.edu.
  
  

Technological improvements have always offered entrepreneurial opportunities to rural Nebraskans.

E-Commerce has taken hold across Nebraska as a way for small and large businesses to market their products locally, regionally and globally. On this page are stories of Nebraskans who have embraced this technology to improve and expand their businesses.

If you are a Nebraskan with a rural business dependent on e-commerce for success, send us a description of your enterprise to be featured on this web page.

• Oxbow Animal Health ...how a small, family farmer from Nebraska ends up doing big business with rabbit owners in Hong Kong.

• Double R Guest Ranch ...where solitude, silence, and scenery are the main selling points.

• SitStay.com ...may be the largest dog supplier on the internet.

• Zimmer Consulting, LLC ...When talking about designing technology solutions for small businesses in rural Nebraska, Brian Zimmer speaks like a veteran.