2022 Community Wood Grant Program Awards
The Community Wood Energy and Wood Innovation Grant Program, launched in 2020, provides funding for grants to install thermally led community wood energy systems or to build innovative wood product manufacturing facilities. The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (7 USC § 8113) and annual agency appropriations authorize and fund the grants awarded under this program.
(NEW) 2022 Wood Innovations and Community Wood Press Release
| Project | Organization | City, State | Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest to Furniture - Icy Straits Lumber, Hoonah Alaska | Icy Straits Lumber and Milling, Inc. | Hoonah, AK | $100,000 |
| Southeast Alaska Containerized Pellet Mill Plan | Southeast Conference | Ketchikan, AK | $903,100 |
| Nenana Biomass District Heat System | City of Nenana | Nenana, AK | $689,110 |
| Corner Bay BioMass | Second Growth Homes LLC | Tenakee Springs, AK | $65,000 |
| San Carlos Apache Tribe Wood Energy System, Lumber Dry Kiln and Planing Mill | San Carlos Apache Tribe | San Carlos, AZ | $1,000,000 |
| Innovative Biomass Utilization in Tuolumne County CA | Tuolumne Biomass LLC and Heartwood Biomass LLC | Chinese Camp, CA | $800,000 |
| Innovative Wood Product Expansion into Western US Market | American Wood Fibers | Marysville, CA | $1,000,000 |
| Small, Commercial-Scale Production of “Carbon Zero” Biofuels from Forest Biomass | Aemetis Advanced Products Riverbank, Inc. | Riverbank, CA | $642,077 |
| Northstar Community Services District Biomass Energy System | Northstar Community Services District | Truckee, CA | $1,000,000 |
| Alpenglow Timber: Thermal Wood Energy to Support New Sawmill Project | Alpenglow Timber LLC | Truckee, CA | $911,000 |
| Innovative Utilization at Aspen Wall Wood | Aspen Wall Wood, Inc. | Dolores, CO | $495,950 |
| Pagosa Forest Products Briquette & Biochar Manufacturing Facility | Pagosa Forest Products, LLC | Pagosa Springs, CO | $730,993 |
| Location of two (2) PYREG Pyrolysis Units at Pleasant River Lumber (PRL) for the Purpose of Producing Biochar and Waste Heat for use in PRL’s Steam Kilns | Standard Biocarbon Corporation | Enfield, ME | $998,588 |
| Better Utilization of the Eastern White Pine Resource through Implementation of Value-based Scanning | Robbins Lumber, Inc. | Searsmont, ME | $1,000,000 |
| Waste Bark to Energy Biomass Burner Project | Mala Mills | Little Falls, MN | $884,449 |
| Integrated Wood By-Products Value Added System Laurinburg NC | American Wood Fibers | Laurinburg, NC | $1,000,000 |
| Ridgeline Assisted Living Community Wood Chip Fueled District Heating and Cooling Plant | Continuum at North Conway LLC | North Conway, NH | $1,000,000 |
| Showcasing Advanced Wood Energy at Mt. Bachelor Ski Resort | Mt. Bachelor LLC | Bend, OR | $1,500,000 |
| Iron Triangle Wood Waste to Energy Project | Iron Triangle, LLC | John Day, OR | $572,170 |
| Forest Health and Restoration Expansion Project | Forest Products Distributors, Inc. | Rapid City, SD | $500,000 |
| Nicolet Hardwoods Corporation - Biomass Energy Project | Nicolet Hardwoods Corporation | Laona, WI | $580,633 |