Project Grant 20183361028217

This federal Project Grant award of $156,899.00 was provided by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Wood Utilization Assistance program (CFDA 10.674). The grant supports the development of engineered wood products from Eastern redcedar, with the goal of reducing hazardous forest fuels, improving forest health, and promoting economic and environmental benefits in the forestry and wood products sectors. The award was granted to the Board of Regents of the...

This $30,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Clean Energy Demonstrations program (CFDA 81.255) aims to deploy three community-scale bioenergy systems in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. The project will transform forest biomass from sustainable land management activities into 9 MW of renewable electricity and produce over 11,900 tons of carbon-sequestering biochar annually. Performed by West Biofuels LLC, a for-profit veteran-owned company, the...

This $937,000 Project Grant awarded on September 20, 2023 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Community Wood Energy and Wood Innovation Program (CFDA 10.708) will fund Southwest Biochar Products LLC, a small disadvantaged business, to increase biomass utilization by 400% and create a clean, emission-free heat source. The project aims to install a wood energy system that utilizes wood and wood biomass as the primary fuel, as well as build an innovative wood...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R5-Pacific Southwest Region awarded a $567,320 Project Grant to Pacific Biochar Benefit Corporation through the Wood Utilization Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 10.674). The grant will support upgrading an existing biomass power plant owned by Pacific Biochar Benefit Corporation to allow for biochar production and increased throughput of forest biomass from Jun 2021-Jun 2023. The Wood Utilization Assistance program aims to promote effective...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) program, is funding a $36,864,167 project to advance the development of a biomass carbon dioxide capture and removal system at a pulp mill in Alabama. The key objectives of this project are to: 1) gather the necessary information to determine the suitability of the CO2 injection location for geologic storage, 2)...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, through the Infrastructure and Investment Jobs Act Financial Assistance to Facilities that Purchase and Process Byproducts for Ecosystem Restoration program (CFDA 10.725), awarded a $1,000,000.00 Project Grant to Biochar Now, LLC to support the acquisition of kilns and related apparatus. The grant aims to assist facilities located near federal and Tribal lands in utilizing byproducts from timber sales, forest thinning, and other ecosystem...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program, CFDA 10.310, will characterize emissions of harmful organic compounds from biomass during conversion to biochar in a biorefinery, and evaluate processes for contaminant removal and utilization. The $799,883 award to The Pennsylvania State University will focus on quantifying emissions and redeposition of toxic organic compounds like benzene and toluene during biochar...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management under the Fossil Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.089), aims to develop a process to economically treat oil and gas produced water for beneficial use outside of the oil and gas industries. The $1,875,000 project, awarded to Ohio University with a start date of Sep 1, 2024 and end date of Aug 31, 2025, will: 1) characterize produced water from specific...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service R5-Pacific Southwest Region awarded West Biofuels LLC, a for-profit, veteran-owned limited liability company, a $702,600 Project Grant under the Wood Utilization Assistance program (CFDA 10.674) to support the "MARIPOSA FOREST BIOMASS TO RENEWABLE BIOENERGY AND BIOCHAR" project. This project aims to utilize forest biomass and agricultural byproducts to produce renewable bioenergy and biochar. West Biofuels LLC has demonstrated expertise...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $627,952 Project Grant under the Wood Utilization Assistance program (CFDA 10.674) to Somerset Biofuel, Inc. for a 5-year project to develop new hardwood wood dust and fire log products in Kentucky. This grant supports Somerset Biofuel's efforts to expand wood energy and wood products markets, reduce hazardous forest fuels, improve forest health, and promote economic and environmental benefits in the forestry and wood products...