Current Grants
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2008 Grants (YTD)
Grantee : Project |
Purpose |
Location |
Amount |
| Borderview Farm: Business Assistance | Department of Energy funds used to conduct a fully documented safety review and engineering study, and to purchase additional equipment to fully build out the biodiesel production system at Borderview Farm. | Alburgh, |
$25,000 |
| Composting Association of Vermont: Legal Compost | Funds used by CAV to convene a regulatory review stakeholder process, & develop recommendations for citing composting facilities in Vermont. This stakeholder led initiative will begin to address the gap between Vermont’s current regulations for handling compostable materials and the needs of the State’s communities & environment. | Statewide | $5,000 |
| Redstart Forestry: Tree to Finished Product pilot project | Funds used by Redstart to coordinate a 'tree to finished product' pilot project that will bring FSC-certified, Vermont-grown Rock & Red maple lumber into the marketplace with the chain of custody intact. | Corinth, Orange County
|
$10,000 |
| Renewable Energy Vermont: Network Development | High Meadows Fund grant used to integrate the “Vermont Biofuels Agenda” into REV and to promote REV as the premier renewable energy association in the state during a time of strong industry growth. | Statewide | $18,000 |
YTD Total: |
$58,000 |
2007 Grants
2007 Annual Report and 10 Year Retrospective
Grantee : Project |
Purpose |
Location |
Amount |
| UVM Center for Sustainable Agriculture: State Line Farm Seed Trials | Department of Energy funds used to develop a pilot scale, farm-based biodiesel and ethanol production system coupled with a set of seed oil crop tests. | Shaftsbury, Bennington County |
$98,089 |
| Green Technologies: Business Assistance | Department of Energy funds used to expand production at current facility from 10,000 to 50,000 gallons/year and develop a testing process to reduce costs for ASTM testing of biodiesel. | Winooski, Chittenden County |
$98,000 |
| AgNorth Biopower: Business Assistance | Department of Energy funds used to complete the planning phase for an anaerobic digester system. | Alburgh, |
$33,000 |
| Gervais Family Farm: Biogas Digester Study | Department of Energy funds used to complete the construction of an on-farm anaerobic digester system. | Enosburg Falls, Franklin County |
$67,000 |
| State Line Biofuels: Safety Review & Engineering Study | Funds used to conduct a fully documented safety review and engineering study of the existing biodiesel system at State Line Farm. | Shaftsbury, Bennington Couny |
$23,200 |
| Vermont Environmental Consortium: Educational Tool |
Funds will be used to support production of the Green Makeover Video and to pay for retrofit expenses at the film’s subject business, Johnson Woolen Mills. | Northfield, Washington County |
$2,500 |
| The Intervale Center: Organizatonal Development | Funds used to work with consultant to define the role of social enterprise in The Intervale Center’s strategic plan. The Intervale Center will share lessons learned with other nonprofits. | Burlington, Chittenden County |
$7,000 |
| Bishop Enterprises: Business Assistance | Funds used to leverage a loan from Brattleboro Savings & Loan to construct a biodiesel fueling station that will supply fuel users ranging from the town truck fleet, school bus fleets, and private construction companies. | Springfield, Windsor County | $10,000 |
| Vermont Biofuels Association: Network Development | Department of Energy funds used to continue developing Vermont's biofuels network. | Middlebury, Addison County |
$25,000 |
| Vermont Biofuels Association: FFP Project Supervision | High Meadows Fund grant used to provide project facilitation and outreach for the Feed and Fuel Project, as well as to scope out new feed, fuel, and food-grade oil opportunities in Vermont. | Middlebury, Addison County |
$6,500 |
| University of Vermont Extension: Oilseed Research & Demonstration Trials | Funds used by UVM Extension to develop oilseed production recommendations through research with the goal of expanding liquid biofuel production and livestock feed in Vermont. | Various locations | $20,185 |
| Borderview Farm: Oilseed Crop Production & Equipment Construction | Funds used to cultivate and process oilseed crops, and to construct a combine head for harvesting of sunflowers. | Alburgh, Grand Isle County |
$2,200 |
| No-Mon-E Farm: Oilseed Crop Production | Funds used to cultivate and process oilseed crops. | Addison, Addison County |
$2,000 |
| Tio Grain Farm: Oilseed Crop Production | Funds used to cultivate and process oilseed crops. | Orwell, Addison County |
$2,000 |
| State Line Farm: Oilseed Crop Production & Equipment Purchase | Funds used to cultivate and process oilseed crops, and t o purchase a tine weeder to provide weed control for canola and sunflower. | Shaftsbury, Bennington County |
$3,375 |
| Green Technologies: Oilseed Processing and Testing | Funds used to process and test oil from oilseed crops harvested in Vermont. | Winooski, Chittenden County |
$850 |
Total |
$399,899 | ||
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