Project Grant DEEE0000280

The Forest Service awarded Strategic Biofuels LLC a $187,496 cooperative agreement from September 21, 2022 to September 30, 2024 under the Wood Utilization Assistance program (CFDA 10.674). The purpose of this award is to develop a system for demonstrating compliance of each truckload of forestry feedstock with EPA regulations under the Renewable Fuel Standards program. The Wood Utilization Assistance program aims to provide technical assistance regarding new wood utilization technologies to...

The Forest Service awarded a $500,000 cooperative agreement to the University of California, Berkeley under the Wood Utilization Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 10.674) for the period of September 8, 2022 through August 31, 2026. The agreement will support the university's efforts to leverage emerging biofuels markets to advance forest restoration activities across California. As the prime awardee, UC Berkeley will provide direct technical assistance and apply new and emerging wood...

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 Department of Agriculture Forest Service R5-Pacific Southwest Region awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant under the Community Wood Energy and Wood Innovation Program (CFDA 10.708) to West Biofuels LLC, a for-profit veteran-owned limited liability company, for the "HAT CREEK BIOENERGY" project. The grant funding will be used to install a wood energy system that utilizes wood and wood biomass as the primary fuel source, as well as to construct an innovative wood products facility. This...

The Farm Collaborative received a $190,000 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service R2-Rocky Mountain Region. The grant was awarded under the Wood Utilization Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 10.674) to support the INNOVATIVE WOOD LEARNING CENTER DEMONSTRATING NET-ZERO EMBODIED CARBON AND DECONSTRUCTION PLAN. The project will develop a wood learning center that demonstrates net-zero embodied carbon and deconstruction strategies. The center aims to...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $598,328 Project Grant under the Wood Utilization Assistance program (CFDA 10.674) to Oregon State University (OSU) to support the development of point-supported mass timber structures and advance their commercial viability. The project aims to reduce hazardous forest fuels, improve forest health, and promote economic and environmental benefits in the forestry and wood products sectors. OSU, as a prominent public land-grant research...

This $30,000,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under the Clean Energy Demonstrations program (CFDA 81.255), aims to deploy three community-scale bioenergy systems in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. The project performer, West Biofuels LLC, will transform 28,000-35,000 dry tons per year of forest biomass residuals into 3 MW of renewable electricity and biochar soil amendments at each of the three sites in the communities of Burney, Mariposa,...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $3,000,000 Project Grant to Durgin & Crowell Lumber Co Inc. under the Wood Utilization Assistance program (CFDA 10.674) to develop a combined heat and power (CHP) system. The project, scheduled for completion by June 2029, aims to expand wood energy production, reduce hazardous forest fuels, improve forest health, and promote environmental and economic benefits across forest lands. Durgin & Crowell, a for-profit...

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...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $648,450 Project Grant to Specialty Lumber Solutions, LLC under the Community Wood Energy and Wood Innovation Program (CFDA 10.708). The grant supports capital investments 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 project aims to promote forest health, stimulate the local economy, and expand renewable wood energy...