Project Grant 24DG11094200304
- Federal Grant Award Summary The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded $619,483 to the Vermont Department of Forests Parks & Recreation under the Wood Utilization Assistance program (CFDA 10.674) on November 21, 2025. This Project Grant will provide financial incentives and technical support for repairs, control upgrades, and efficiency improvements to advanced wood heating systems installed in Vermont schools and municipal buildings. Many of these systems are approximately 30...
- This federal Project Grant award of $600,000 was issued on September 4, 2024 by the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Wood Utilization Assistance program (CFDA 10.674). The funding will support Vermont Renewable Gas, LLC in constructing the first renewable gas project from woody biomass in Vermont. The project aims to develop innovative wood utilization technologies, establish a wood energy cluster, and promote economic benefits in the forestry and wood products...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Heartwood Biomass Inc. received a $273,646 Project Grant award on September 2, 2025, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, administered through the Wood Utilization Assistance program (CFDA 10.674). The project involves the removal of a damaged and decommissioned wood-fired boiler and the installation of a used, high-efficiency wood boiler originally sourced from Garden Valley School in Idaho. The performance period extends through August 1, 2026,...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Hack-Away Forest Products, Inc. received a $600,000 Project Grant from the USDA Forest Service under the Wood Utilization Assistance program (CFDA 10.674) awarded on November 12, 2025, with completion targeted for June 1, 2030. The grant will fund the modernization of the awardee's kiln-dried firewood operations in Wisconsin through replacement of two outdated kilns with high-efficiency stainless steel fast kilns, reducing drying times by more than 50...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded PK Wood Pellet LLC a $1.0 million Project Grant under the Community Wood Energy and Wood Innovation Program (CFDA 10.708) on September 18, 2025, to establish a state-of-the-art wood pellet manufacturing facility in Wells River, Vermont. The facility will produce 25,500 tons of bulk wood pellets annually utilizing local sawmill residuals as the primary feedstock, with operations targeted for completion by...
- This federal Project Grant award of $232,375.00 was provided by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Wood Utilization Assistance program (CFDA 10.674). The funding supports initiatives by the Forest Products Commission Idaho to expand and accelerate wood energy and wood products markets nationwide. The project aims to reduce hazardous fuels, improve forest health, and promote economic and environmental benefits across forest lands. Key activities include...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded $764,918 under the Wood Utilization Assistance program (CFDA 10.674) to Slaves Of The Immaculate Heart Of Mary ST Benedict Center Inc. on November 5, 2025. The project will deliver a wood chip boiler system and associated installation services at an educational and farm complex in Massachusetts, expanding existing waste wood chip infrastructure to heat four campus buildings: a school, chapel, communal...
- Federal Grant Award Summary TECH Woods USA, LLC received a $350,000 Project Grant award dated August 13, 2025, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 1 (Northern Region) under the Community Wood Energy and Wood Innovation Program (CFDA 10.708). The grant funds the installation of a biomass burner and development of a wood pellet production system at the Moldrup thermal wood processing facility in Montana. These systems will utilize wood byproducts and marginal timber...
- This $1,000,000.00 Project Grant was awarded on September 21, 2023 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Community Wood Energy and Wood Innovation Program (CFDA 10.708). The funding will assist Britton Lumber Company, LLC, a for-profit manufacturer in New Hampshire, with the capital costs for installing a wood energy system that utilizes wood and wood biomass as the primary fuel source, as well as building an innovative wood products facility. The overall...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $1,000,000.00 Project Grant to Cutmytimber USA Inc. under the Community Wood Energy and Wood Innovation Program (CFDA 10.708) to expand their mass timber fabrication capability. The award, dated July 22, 2024, is intended to support capital investments that will improve forest health, stimulate the local economy, and increase the utilization of wood-based energy technologies and value-added wood products. The project will focus...
The USDA Forest Service awarded $4.6 million under the Wood Utilization Assistance program (CFDA 10.674) to Ryegate Associates for conversion of an existing industrial plant into a combined heat and power (CHP) facility. Awarded on September 15, 2025, with a completion target of July 1, 2027, the project involves installation of waste heat recovery modules on the plant's existing stack that function as boilers to produce usable hot water from the facility's waste heat streams. This infrastructure development supports renewable wood energy market expansion and sustainable forest management objectives in Vermont. The Wood Innovations Grants Program, administered by the USDA Forest Service Eastern Region, provides financial assistance to strengthen forest products industries and expand wood energy markets through capital-intensive infrastructure projects. The $4.6 million obligated for this CHP conversion represents a significant investment within the program's typical award range, reflecting the project's technical merit and alignment with federal priorities for hazardous fuel reduction and sustainable forest management utilizing wood resources.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $1.0m | 9/15/25 |