Grant for prod of ADV biofuel

The Department of Agriculture Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded $192,097.17 to Somerset Biofuel, Inc. on January 22, 2026, under the Bioenergy Program for Advanced Biofuels (CFDA 10.867). Somerset Biofuel, doing business as Somerset Pellet Fuel, manufactures advanced wood-based biofuel products in Kentucky. The award reimburses documented quarterly production volumes of advanced biofuel measured in BTU equivalents. The assistance type is a Project Grant. Somerset Biofuel is a for-profit Subchapter S corporation and operates exclusively as a prime recipient with no sub-recipients on this award. The period of performance ended January 23, 2026. The Bioenergy Program for Advanced Biofuels supports expanding production of advanced biofuels through payments to eligible producers. Eligible biofuels must be solid, liquid, or gaseous final products derived from renewable biomass other than corn kernel starch. The program operates on an annual application cycle from October 1 through October 31. This is Somerset Biofuel's fourth consecutive annual award under the program since 2022, with cumulative obligated funding across nine USDA grants totaling $1.2 million.