Objective
Provide guidance to applicants on developing competitive applications for the Wood Innovations Grant Program.
Agenda
- 10 Minutes: Introduction, webinar organization, function of the UC Berkeley Woody Biomass, potential review assistance
- Peter Tittmann, UC Berkeley
- 20 Minutes: Explanation of funding opportunity, requirements, guidelines, examples of previous successful CA USFS grant applications and additional resources
- Larry Swan, US Forest Service Region 5 Biomass Coordinator
- 20 Minutes: Background to grant program, how applications are screened and evaluated at national level, suggestions concerning how to improve application to get the best possible scores, timeline for review and award announcement, and potential for grant program next year.
- Julie Tucker, US Forest Service Washington Office
- 30-45 Minutes: Question and answer with applicants
Webinar connection information
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Posted on
Tuesday, December 9, 2014 at
10:50 AM
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Join the UC Biomass Utilization Group for an informational webinar on the 2015 Wood Innovations Program. This program seeks proposals to expand and accelerate wood energy and wood products markets throughout the United States to support forest management needs in National Forest System and other forest lands.
Speakers
- Julie Tucker is the National Lead for Renewable Wood Energy and is based at the US Forest Service's Washington D.C. office.
- Larry Swan is the Woody Biomass and Utilization Specialist for USFS State and Private Forestry at the Region 5 office in Vallejo.
Larry and Julie will be giving short presentations followed by a Q & A session for applicants.
Wood Innovations Grant Program
The Wood Innovations Grant Program has been previously known as the Woody Biomass Utilization Grant Program and the Wood-to-Energy Grant Program. The scope of the program has expanded this year to include wood products as well as energy along with the range of projects in last years Wood-to-Energy Grant Program.
The Forest Service plans to award approximately $5 million under this announcement. The maximum for each award is generally $250,000; however, the Forest Service may consider awarding more than $250,000 to a proposal that shows far reaching or significant impact. Additional information on application requirements, eligibility, and prerequisites for consideration are available at www.na.fs.fed.us/werc/ and www.grants.gov.
Proposal submission deadline is: Friday, January 23, 2015 at 11:59 p.m.
Meeting Information:
To join the meeting from the web:
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To connect by phone:
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Posted on
Thursday, November 20, 2014 at
4:54 PM
The Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) is soliciting Requests for Statement of Interest for implementation of a Biomass Gasification project for a CHP application in Sacramento, California.
Important Dates:
Q&A Deadline: |
November 10, 2014, 5:00 pm, Pacific Time
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Application Deadline: |
November 26, 2014, 5:00 pm, Pacific Time |
The objective of this RSOI is to identify a qualified and experienced project developer that will implement a Biomass Gasification project for CHP application in partnership with SMUD and the project site host. The developer will finance, design, build, own, and operate the project under SMUD's grant disbursement and power purchase
agreement (PPA) requirements. The project would use clean wood wastes (urban wood, forest thinning, construction and demolition debris, and lumber mill wastes). SMUD has allocated $1.15 million from its AB-32 Cap & Trade allowances initiative program for this project. This incentive allows SMUD to be on par with the incentives provided to the IOUs.
For more detailed information on application requirements, please see the attached announcement. Respondents should submit questions by November 10, 5:00 pm (Pacific) to Marco Lemes, tel. 916-732-5871, or Valentino Tiangco, tel. 916-732-6795.
Please submit responses to Marco Lemes at marco.lemes@smud.org with “Biomass Gasification Project - RSOI Response – [your company name]” in the subject field by November, 26th 2014 at 5:00 PM (Pacific). Only electronic replies will be accepted in MS Word, MS Excel and/or PDF formats. Please limit your responses to no more than 20 pages.
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Posted on
Tuesday, November 4, 2014 at
1:27 PM
Wood-to-Energy Updates
On July 15, 2014, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced $1.25 million in awards for nine wood energy projects nationwide through the 2014 Wood to Energy Grant Program (W2E). Two of the recipients are here in California and will receive total of $346,000. Projects funded under the 2014 W2E are:
- BVP Property, LLC for the Big Valley Lumber and Cogeneration Facility
- The Watershed Research and Training Center for a System Impact Study in the North Fork and Wilseyville CHP Projects. This System Impact Study will help with the interconnection development phase for two SB1122 projects.
Read the USFS W2E Announcement Here
BCAP Updates
Also in the news, 36 energy facilities in 14 states have been selected to as approved facilities for the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP). The program provides payments to landowners producing forestry or agriculture used in energy production. Thirteen of these facilities are in California. Starting July 28, 2013, biomass supplied to these facilities may qualify for BCAP delivery assistance.
NOTE: This leaves a short window to apply for funding assistance before the deadline on SEPTEMBER 26, 2014.
ALSO NOTE: Forest biomass is only eligible for payments under the BCAP program if it is sourced from land owned by the US Government (USDA, BLM, DOD, etc.).
For interested biomass producers, the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA), will begin accepting applications between JULY 28 and AUGUST 25 for match funding on biomass fuel before SEPTEMBER 26, 2014.
Read the Full BCAP Announcement Here
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See the list of approved facilities in California below:
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Posted on
Thursday, July 24, 2014 at
2:30 PM
2:00-3:00 PM PDT, Tuesday June 3, 2014
Connection Information:
Join us Online:
http://uc-d.adobeconnect.com/districtheating/
or by Phone:
Canada & US Toll Free: (866) 740-1260
Toll Number: (303) 248-0285
Access Code: 6653518
Background
The UC Woody Biomass Group will be hosting a webinar presentation on Tuesday, June 3 2014, by Dr. Ouafik El Kasmioui from the University of Antwerp. Dr. Kasmioui will cover status of district heating in Flanders, an assessment of the techno-economic feasibility of district heating projects, and introduce some regional case-studies.
About the Presenter
Dr. Ouafik Kasmioui is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Antwerp. He is currently working on the techno-economic feasibility of decentralized biomass conversion technologies with regards to each step of the process chain from the biomass resource to consumer energy delivery. His research interests include biomass conversion and biomass supply from a technical, environmental (LCA) and economic viewpoint; and the impact of (renewable energy) policy measures. Dr Kasimioui has also worked on the economic feasibility of different biomass conversion technologies and the financial, energetic and ecological feasibility of short rotation woody crops for electricity and heat with data gained from an operational SRC plantation that was established within the framework of a larger EU-funded project (POPFULL, http://webh01.ua.ac.be/popfull/).
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Posted on
Thursday, May 29, 2014 at
1:59 PM