October 31, 2011
BY Anna Austin
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack has announced $44.6 million in funding to 156 producers of biomass-to-energy products, including pellets, power from anaerobic digestion, biodiesel and ethanol.
The funding is being provided through USDA's Bioenergy Program for Advanced Biofuels program, under which payments are made to eligible producers to support and ensure an expanding production of advanced biofuels. Payments are based on the amount of biofuels a recipient produces from biomass, other than corn kernel starch. Eligible examples include biofuels derived from cellulose, crop residue, animal, food and yard waste material; biogas (landfill and sewage waste treatment gas); vegetable oil, and animal fat.
Out of the funding recipients, 27 are pellet producers and 34 are anaerobic digester/landfill gas projects. One particular recipient is Kinsale, Va.-based Potomac Supply Corp., which received a $36,530 payment for producing fuel pellets and dry kiln from clean pine chips, sawdust and shavings feedstock. The payment will help save 10 jobs.
Below is a list of pellet/biogas award recipients by state:
Alaska
California
Georgia
Idaho
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Indiana
Kentucky
Maine
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Mexico
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New York
Oregon
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Vermont
Washington
Wisconsin