Fertilizer production expansion program 2.0

This $3,959,285 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service Washington Office Rural Business Cooperative Services under the Fertilizer Product Expansion Program (CFDA 10.383) is supporting Quasar Energy Group LLC, a Cleveland, Ohio-based waste-to-energy company, to expand its fertilizer production capacity through anaerobic digestion of organic waste. The funding will enable Quasar Energy Group to design, build, own, and operate additional anaerobic digestion facilities using U.S. components to process organic waste and produce clean, renewable energy as well as nutrient-rich soil amendments. Quasar Energy Group has also participated as a sub-awardee on related projects led by institutions like Iowa State University, University of Maryland, and Virginia Tech, contributing expertise in characterizing municipal solid waste streams, anaerobic digestion, and bioprocess systems for manufacturing bioplastic products from food wastes. The overall goal of this federal grant program is to expand capacity, improve competition, and increase supply chain resilience within the agricultural fertilizer and nutrient management sector to support the production of agricultural commodities.