OpportunityTitle: 2011 Woody Biomass Utilization Grant
CategoryExplanation: The U.S. Forest Service, State and Private Forestry, Technology Marketing Unit, located at the Forest Products Laboratory, requests proposals for wood energy projects that require engineering services. These projects will use woody biomass material removed from forest restoration activities, such as wildfire hazardous fuel treatments, insect and disease mitigation, forest management due to catastrophic weather events, and/or thinning overstocked stands. The woody biomass shall be used in a bioenergy facility that uses commercially proven technologies to produce thermal, electrical or liquid/gaseous bioenergy. The funds from the Woody Biomass Utilization Grant program (WBU) must be used to further the planning of such facilities by funding the engineering services necessary for final design and cost analysis. Examples of such projects include engineering design of a 1) woody biomass boiler for steam at a sawmill, 2) non-pressurized hot water system  for various applications at a hospital or school, and 3) biomass power generation facility, or similar facilities. This program is aimed at helping applicants complete the necessary design work needed to secure public and/or private investment for construction.
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible applicants are businesses, companies, corporations, state, local and tribal governments, school districts, communities, non-profit organizations, or special purpose districts (e.g., public utilities districts, fire districts, conservation districts, or ports). Only one application per business or organization shall be accepted.
Description: To address the goals of Public Law 110-234, Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, Rural Revitalization Technologies (7 U.S.C. 6601), and the anticipated Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act of 2011, the agency is requesting proposals to address the nationwide challenge of using low-value woody biomass material to create renewable energy. Goals of the grant program are:&#149; Promote projects that target and help remove economic and market barriers to using woody biomass for renewable energy.&#149; Assist projects that produce renewable energy from woody biomass.&#149; Reduce forest management costs by increasing the value of biomass and other forest products generated from hazardous fuels reduction and forest health activities on forested lands. &#149; Create incentives and/or reduce business risk to increase use of woody biomass from our nation&#146;s forestlands for renewable energy projects.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: slevan@fs.fed.us
GrantorContactText: Susan LeVan-Green &lt;br/&gt;Program Manager &lt;br/&gt;Phone 608-231-9518