USDA awards funds to 156 biofuels producers

November 1, 2011 |

In Washington, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced payments for 156 advanced biofuel producers across the country to support the production and expansion of advanced biofuels.

“This funding will help local producers increase the production and availability of renewable energy and thus help our nation begin to reduce its reliance on foreign oil,” Vilsack said. “Just as importantly, USDA’s support will help to further develop the nation’s growing biofuels industry and generate green jobs and economic growth.”

The funding is being provided through USDA’s Bioenergy Program for Advanced Biofuels program. Under this program, 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 renewable 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. Through this and other programs, USDA is working to support the research, investment and infrastructure necessary to build a biofuels industry that creates jobs and conserves natural resources across America.

In Dubuque, Iowa, Western Dubuque Biodiesel, LLC received a $487,871 payment. This biodiesel production facility produces 30 million gallons per year using soybean oil, canola oil and tallow esters as feedstock. The operation is expected to save 18 jobs. It is also expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by an estimated 309 million kilowatts.

In Kinsale, Va., the Potomac Supply Corporation received a $36,530 payment for producing two types of advanced biofuels: fuel pellets and dry kiln. Both are made from clean pine chips, sawdust and shavings feedstock. The payment will help save 10 jobs.
USDA today is announcing $44.6 million in payments to 156 local producers and business-owners.

Below is a complete list of award recipients by state:

Alaska

Superior Pellet Fuels, LLC: $2,204.33 for Pellets.

Alabama

Southeastern Biodiesel Solutions, Inc.: $764.63 for Biofuel From Waste Products.

Arkansas

Delta American Fuel, LLC: $10,029.80 for Biodiesel Trans Esterification.
Futurefuel Chemical Company: $417,737.23 for Biodiesel Trans Esterification.

Arizona

Pinal Energy, LLC: $70,643.51 for Ethanol Production.

California

American Biodiesel, Inc.: $86,029.52 for Biodiesel Trans Esterification.
Castelanelli Bros.: $2,975.20 for Anaerobic Digester.
Energy Alternative Solutions, Inc.: $24,527.85 for Biodiesel Trans Esterification.
Fiscalini Properties, LP: $5,307.15 for Anaerobic Digester.
Gallo Cattle Company, LP: $8,916.62 for Anaerobic Digester.
High Mountain Fuels, LLC: $56,868.34 for Landfill Gas.
Imperial Western Products, Inc.: $188,264.29 for Biodiesel Trans Esterification.
New Leaf Biofuel, LLC: $94,117.17 for Biodiesel Trans Esterification.
Promethean Biofuels Cooperative Corp.: $7,555.68 for Biodiesel Trans Esterification.
Simple Fuels Biodiesel, Inc.: $5,979.92 for Biodiesel Trans Esterification.
Yokayo Biofuels, Inc.: $24,028.84 for Biodiesel Trans Esterification.

Connecticut

Biodiesel One, Ltd.: $11,891.36 for Biofuel From Waste Products.
Biopur, Inc.: $70,052.35 for Biofuel From Waste Products.
DPC Enterprises, Inc.: $649.42 for Biofuel From Waste Products.

Florida

Genuine Bio-Fuel, Inc.: $72,991.76 for Biodiesel Trans Esterification.

Georgia

Appling County Pellets, LLC: $170,092.52 for Pellets.
Down To Earth Energy, LLC: $6,507.46 for Biodiesel Trans Esterification.
Nittany Biodiesel: $22,641.50 for Biodiesel Trans Esterification.

Hawaii

Pacific Biodiesel, Inc.: $43,978.24 for Biofuel From Waste Products.

Iowa

Clinton County Bio Energy, LLC: $131,831.49 for Biofuel From Waste Products.
Iowa Renewable Energy, LLC: $138,360.72 for Biofuel From Waste Products.
Renewable Energy Group, Inc.: $3,739,128.61 for Biodiesel Trans Esterification.
Western Dubuque Biodiesel, LLC: $487,871.16 for Biodiesel Trans Esterification.
Western Iowa Energy: $658,243.95 for Biofuel From Waste Products.
Idaho

Df-Ap#1, LLC: $15,225.32 for Anaerobic Digester.
Lignetics of Idaho, Inc.: $109,386.99 for Pellets.
Pleasant Valley Biofuels, LLC: $805.45 for Biodiesel Trans Esterification.
QB Corporation: $494.26 for Pellets
Rocky Canyon Pellet Co., LLC: $6,861.29 for Pellets.

Illinois

Archer Daniels Midland Company: $1,852,067.10 for Biodiesel Trans Esterification.
Incobrasa Industries, Ltd.: $1,312,184.47 for Biodiesel Trans Esterification.
Midwest Biodiesel Product, LLC: $103,299.23 for Biodiesel Trans Esterification.

Indiana

Central Indiana Ethanol, LLC: $120,490.25 for Ethanol Production.
E Biofuels, LLC: $1,621,836.31 for Biofuel From Waste Products.
Integrity Biofuels, LLC: $101,414.49 for Biodiesel Trans Esterification.
Louis Dreyfus Agricultural Industries, LLC: $2,394,192.13 for Biofuel From Waste Products.
T and M Limited Partnership: $60,231.63 for Anaerobic Digester.
Union County Biodiesel Company: $48,985.39 for Biofuel From Waste Products.

Kansas

Arkalon Ethanol, LLC: $1,711,257.49 for Ethanol Production.
Bonanza Bioenergy, LLC: $900,458.17 for Ethanol Production.
Emergent Green Energy, Inc. : $21,847.46 for Biodiesel Mechanical.
Ese Alcohol: $49,670.53 for Ethanol Production.
Kansas Ethanol, LLC: $1,440,213.20 for Ethanol Production.
Nesika Energy, LLC: $220,960.85 for Ethanol Production.
Prairie Horizon Agri-Energy, LLC: $874,943.90 for Ethanol Production.
R-3 Energy, LLC: $10,733.07 for Biofuel From Waste Products.
Reeve Agri Energy, Inc.: $416,123.54 for Ethanol Production.
Western Plains Energy, LLC: $899,861.67 for Ethanol Production.

Kentucky

Griffin Industries, Inc.: $86,099.81 for Biofuel From Waste Products.
Owensboro Grain Company, LLC: $1,026,463.07 for Biodiesel Trans Esterification.
Somerset Hardwood Flooring: $49,449.09 for Pellets.
Southern Kentucky Pellet Mill, Inc. : $6,572.64 for Pellets.

Massachusetts

Fuels Of The Future, LLC: $6,630.58 for Biofuel From Waste Products.

Maine

Corinth Wood Pellets, LLC: $13,347.07 for Pellets.
Geneva Wood Fuels, LLC: $32,986.95 for Pellets.
Maine Woods Pellet Company, LLC: $61,051.43 for Pellets.
Northeast Pellets, LLC: $427.69 for Pellets.

Michigan

Green Meadow Farms, Inc. : $5,394.65 for Anaerobic Digester.
Scenic View Dairy, LLC: $15,215.73 for Anaerobic Digester.

Minnesota

Cargill, Inc. : $1,267,659.93 for Anaerobic Digester/Biodiesel.
District 45 Dairy, LLP: $16,236.38 for Anaerobic Digester.
Ever Cat Fuels, LLC: $70,583.77 for Biodiesel Trans Esterification.
MN Soybean Processors: $1,165,913.11 for Biodiesel Trans Esterification.
Riverview, LLP: $16,417.84 for Anaerobic Digester.
West River Dairy, LLP: $15,873.13 for Anaerobic Digester.

Missouri

Abengoa Bioenergy Corporation: $1,138,787.72 for Ethanol Production.
Global Fuels, LLC: $6,849.47 for Biodiesel Trans Esterification.
Me Bio Energy, LLC: $204,796.47 for Biodiesel Trans Esterification.
Mid-America Biofuels, LLC: $1,100,113.17 for Biodiesel Trans Esterification.
Natural Biodiesel Plant, LLC: $264,207.73 for Biodiesel Trans Esterification.
Paseo Cargill Energy, LLC: $1,606,558.14 for Biodiesel Trans Esterification.

Mississippi

Delta Biofuels, Inc. : $2,188.93 for Biofuel From Waste Products.
Enviva, LLP: $50,357.67 for Pellets.
Scott Petroleum Corporation: $414,690.25 for Biofuel From Waste Products.

North Carolina

Blue Ridge Biofuels, LLC: $9,487.04 for Biofuel From Waste Products.
North American Bio-Energies: $6,383.39 for Biodiesel Mechanical.
Piedmont Biofuels Industrial, LLC: $8,999.17 for Biodiesel Mechanical.
Triangle Biofuels Industries, Inc. : $34,392.44 for Biodiesel Mechanical.

Nebraska

Ag Processing, Inc. : $2,085,753.77 for Biodiesel Trans Esterification.
Horizon Biofuels, Inc. : $634.82 for Pellets.
Kaapa Ethanol, LLC: $2,829.49 for Ethanol Production.

New Hampshire

American Energy Independence Company, LLC: $74,476.85 for Biofuel From Waste Products.
New England Wood Pellet, LLC: $74,360.53 for Pellets.
Smartfuel America, LLC: $88,951.41 for Biofuel From Waste Products.

New Mexico

Mt. Taylor Machine, LLC: $4,105.00 for Pellets.
Nm Rio Valley Biofuels, LLC: $17,949.33 for Biofuel From Waste Products.

Nevada

Bently Biofuels Company: $18,864.72 for Biofuel From Waste Products.

New York

Aurora Ridge Dairy, LLC: $6,319.10 for Anaerobic Digester.
Northern Biodiesel, Inc. : $78,428.78 for Biofuel From Waste Products.
Renewable Environmental Solutions, LLC: $6,976.26 for Biofuel From Waste Products.
TMT Biofuels, LLC: $3,441.57 for Biofuel From Waste Products.

Ohio

Center Alternative Energy Company II: $88,465.48 for Biodiesel Trans Esterification.
Jatrodiesel, Inc. : $4,988.96 for Biodiesel Trans Esterification.

Oklahoma

High Plains Bioenergy, LLC: $2,094,063.72 for Biodiesel Trans Esterification.

Oregon

Bear Mountain Forest Products, Inc. : $105,974.94 for Pellets.
Blue Mountain Lumber Products, LLC: $20,889.91 for Pellets.
Frank Pellet, LLC: $25,139.30 for Pellets.
Ochoco Lumber Company: $3,516.01 for Pellets.
Pacific Pellet, LLC: $11,341.05 for Pellets.
Sequential-Pacific Biodiesel: $306,596.52 for Biodiesel Trans Esterification.
Stahlbush Island Farms, Inc.: $9,395.01 for Anaerobic Digester.
West Oregon Wood Products, Inc.: $78,682.54 for Pellets.

Pennsylvania

American Biodiesel Energy, Inc. : $21,825.44 for Biodiesel Mechanical.
Environmental Energy Recycling Corp., LLC: $240,701.98 for Biofuel From Waste Products.
Keystone Biofuels, Inc. : $125,816.61 for Biodiesel Mechanical.
Lake Erie Biofuels, LLC DBA Hero BX: $1,918,321.70 for Biodiesel Mechanical.
Smarter Fuel, Inc. : $352,440.51 for Biofuel From Waste Products.
Soy Energy, Inc. DBA Custom Fuels, Inc. : $2,718.20 for Biodiesel Mechanical.
United Oil Company: $15,527.50 for Biodiesel Mechanical.

Rhode Island

Newport Biodiesel, LLC: $24,400.66 for Biofuel From Waste Products.

South Dakota

Hanson County Oil Producers, LLC: $6,599.50 for Biodiesel Trans Esterification.

Tennessee

Hassell & Hughes: $17,781.06 for Pellets.
Unaka Forest Products, Inc.: $21,004.14 for Pellets.

Texas

Agribiofuels, LLC: $78,979.91 for Biodiesel Trans Esterification.
Element Markets, LLC: $27,825.97 for Anaerobic Digester.
Green Earth Fuels Of Houston, LLC: $87,746.24 for Biodiesel Trans Esterification.
Insight Equity Acquisition Partners, LP: $275,633.66 for Biodiesel Trans Esterification.
Levelland/Hockley County Ethanol, LLC: $514,881.03 for Ethanol Production.
RBF Port Neches, LLC: $1,343,939.58 for Biodiesel Trans Esterification.
White Energy, Inc. : $3,146,733.31 for Ethanol Production.

Virginia

Potomac Supply Corporation: $36,530.70 for Pellets.
Reco Biodiesel, LLC: $29,916.20 for Biodiesel Trans Esterification.
Virginia Biodiesel Refinery, LLC: $46,262.06 for Biodiesel Trans Esterification.
Vermont

Audet’s Cow Power, LLC: $1,836.34 for Anaerobic Digester.
VT Wood Pellet Co., LLC: $13,377.04 for Pellets.
Westminster Energy Group, LLC: $1,876.21 for Anaerobic Digester.

Washington

Farm Power Lynden, LLC: $2,925.19 for Anaerobic Digester.
Farm Power Rexville, LLC: $7,235.88 for Anaerobic Digester.
FPE Renewables, LLC: $5,279.76 for Anaerobic Digester.
GDR Power, LLC: $9,684.33 for Anaerobic Digester.
General Biodiesel, Inc. : $15,972.40 for Biodiesel Trans Esterification.
Imperium Grays Harbor, LLC: $1,095,833.58 for Biodiesel Trans Esterification.
Qualco Energy: $5,052.53 for Anaerobic Digester.

Wisconsin

Bach Digester, LLC: $3,777.25 for Anaerobic Digester.
Badger Biodiesel, Inc.: $115,833.15 for Biodiesel Trans Esterification.
Bio Blend Fuels: $6,822.65 for Biodiesel Trans Esterification.
Buckeye Ridge Renewable Power, LLC: $31,398.27 for Anaerobic Digester.
Clover Hill Dairy, LLC: $2,678.58 for Anaerobic Digester.
Green Valley Dairy, LLC: $8,207.62 for Anaerobic Digester.
Grotegut Dairy Farm, Inc.: $6,300.82 for Anaerobic Digester.
Holsum Dairies, LLC: $10,615.98 for Anaerobic Digester.
Marth Peshtigo Pellet Company, LLC: $36,651.40 for Pellets.
Marth Wood Shaving Supply, Inc.: $11,130.51 for Pellets.
Norm E Lane, Inc.: $5,690.92 for Anaerobic Digester.
Norswiss Digester, LLC: $31,456.98 for Anaerobic Digester.
Pagel’s Ponderosa Dairy, LLC: $8,438.39 for Anaerobic Digester.
Quantum Dairy, LLC: $3,931.32 for Anaerobic Digester.
Stargest Power, LLC: $30,340.71 for Anaerobic Digester.
Statz Brothers, Inc.: $7,363.24 for Anaerobic Digester.
Sun Power Biodiesel, LLC: $39,620.18 for Biodiesel Trans Esterification.
Walsh Bio Fuels, LLC: $47,850.45 for Biodiesel Trans Esterification.

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