Project Grant DESC0022702

This $2.4 million project grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Bioproduct Pilot Program (CFDA #10.236) supports the development of a modular bioprocessing system to produce bioplastics from food waste. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University will lead a consortium including Quasar Energy Group LLC, University of Missouri System, and Iowa State University to establish a 100-liter scale pilot facility. Over three years, the team...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded Mala Mills L.L.C. a $884,449 Project Grant under the Community Wood Energy and Wood Innovation Program (CFDA 10.708). The grant will support installation of a wood energy system utilizing wood and wood biomass residuals as the primary fuel source. The system will be operational from February 2023 through October 2024. The Community Wood Energy and Wood Innovation Program aims to supplement capital costs for installing wood energy systems using...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to Forest Concepts LLC, a for-profit limited liability company based in Auburn, Washington. The grant, titled "PARTICLE-LEVEL DENSIFICATION OF BULK BIOMASS MATERIALS TO REPLACE PELLETIZED FUELS AND FEEDSTOCKS," aims to support research and development into advanced biomass densification technologies. The project, which will run from July 22, 2024, to March 21, 2025, seeks to transform bulk biomass...

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...

This $30,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award from 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 Burney, Mariposa, and Mammoth Lakes, California. The project performer, West Biofuels LLC, will transform 28,000-35,000 dry tons per year of forest biomass residuals from sustainable management activities into 3 MW of renewable electricity and 11,939 tons of carbon sequestering biochar...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $490,319 Project Grant to Robbins Lumber East Baldwin, LLC on September 20, 2021 through the Community Wood Energy and Wood Innovation Program (CFDA 10.708). The grant will support the installation of a wood energy system utilizing wood and wood biomass residuals as the primary fuel source at Robbins Lumber East Baldwin's facility in Maine. The Community Wood Energy and Wood Innovation Program provides assistance to supplement capital...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $420,887 to the University of Missouri System to develop a multi-enzyme immobilization system for rapid and sustainable degradation of plant biomass. The goal is to create a biocatalyst that combines five enzymes - three cellulases, a lipase, and a protease - within a metal-organic material scaffold to efficiently break down the complex components of plant...

<p>Jackson Corrugated LLC received a $739,016 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Community Wood Energy and Wood Innovation Program. The grant will fund the installation of a biomass boiler to provide thermal energy for recycling operations at Jackson Paper Manufacturing Co in Georgia. The biomass boiler will utilize wood and wood biomass residuals as its primary fuel source. The award has a completion date of December 31, 2022.</p>

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service R6-Pacific Northwest Region awarded a $120,000 Project Grant to R&amp;D Modular LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, under the USDA's Wood Utilization Assistance program (CFDA 10.674). The purpose of the grant is to prototype and replicate prefabricated &quot;missing middle&quot; mass timber housing solutions for urban and rural communities. The grant period runs from August 28, 2023 to August 30, 2026. The grant supports R&amp;D...

The federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), is funding the development of &quot;COMBINE AND BLOWER EQUIPMENT ADAPTATION FOR BIOMASS PREPROCESSING&quot; at Wenew Carbology LLC in Charlottesville, VA. The $206,389.00 award, dated July 22, 2024, supports the adaptation of combine and blower equipment to improve the preprocessing of biomass materials. This research aims to advance U.S. energy, economic,...