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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>A related question: are there any privately funded, non-subsidized, successful AD Projects in North America?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Tom Miles<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> digestion-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org [mailto:digestion-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>armoss@umd.edu<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 16, 2011 8:50 PM<br><b>To:</b> digestion@lists.bioenergylists.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Digestion] Subsidies, funding, and politics of AD in the U.S.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hello all-<br>I realize this is a topic that must get attention fairly often from this group, so apologies if I'm asking you to revisit too recent of a post. I'm interested in finding out what subsidies and funding streams are currently available to the AD community for digester projects and AD businesses operating in the U.S. I'm aware of some limited carbon trading and occasional grants from the USDA for large-scale agricultural operations but, aside from that, what subsidies or outside funding are AD companies able to obtain? Are their subsidies available to their clients? What aspects of the recent stimulus bill (if any) have been successfully applied to the AD field and how far are those funds from drying up? Are there any state specific programs that any of you are familiar with? Also, is there a portion of the AD community that is currently organized enough to have a voice and a presence in Washington, D.C.? If not, what channels are start-up! ! s using to promote the technology and/or industry as a whole?<br><br>Thanks ahead of time for your responses.<br><br>Sincerely, <o:p></o:p></p><div><pre>Andrew R. Moss<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Fellow<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>University of Maryland Dept. of Environmental Science and Technology<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>1445 Animal Sci./Ag. Engineering (Bldg. 142)<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Phone: (865) 363-5535<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre></div></div></body></html>