[Digestion] Subsidies, funding, and politics of AD in the U.S.

[Tom Miles]

A related question: are there any privately funded, non-subsidized,
successful AD Projects in North America?

 

Tom Miles

 

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Hello all-
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?

Thanks ahead of time for your responses.

Sincerely, 

Andrew R. Moss
Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Fellow
University of Maryland Dept. of Environmental Science and Technology
1445 Animal Sci./Ag. Engineering (Bldg. 142)
University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
Phone:  (865) 363-5535
 
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