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Funding Resources
Funding Resources
| GA Biomass Sales and Use Tax Exemption | |
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| Type of Incentive | Tax |
| Eligible States | GA |
| Eligible Technology | Backpressure Turbine, Boiler, Combustion Turbine, Condensing Turbine, Extracting Turbine, Fuel Cell, Microturbine, Other, Reciprocating Engine, Heat Recovery Generator, Stirling Engine |
| Eligible Fuel | Biogas, Biomass |
| Eligible Project Size | All (MW) |
| Number of Awards |
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| Size of Award | Georgia passed legislation (HB 1018) in April 2006 that exempts biomass materials from the state's sales and use taxes. |
| Start Date | 7/1/2006 |
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| Additional Information | Biomass materials are defined as follows: organic matter, excluding fossil fuels, including agricultural crops, plants, trees, wood, wood wastes and residues, sawmill waste, sawdust, wood chips, bark chips, and forest thinning, harvesting, or clearing residues; wood waste from pallets or other wood demolition debris; peanut shells; pecan shells; cotton plants; corn stalks; and plant matter, including aquatic plants, grasses, stalks, vegetation, and residues, including hulls, shells, or cellulose containing fibers. To qualify biomass materials must be used in the production of energy, including the production of electricity, steam, or both. |
| Web Site | http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2005_06/pdf/hb1018.pdf  |
| Additional Web Site | http://www.dsireusa.org/library/includes/ incentive2.cfm?Incentive_Code=GA08F&state=GA&CurrentPageID=1&RE=1&EE=1 |
| Primary Contact | Tax Information 1800 Century Center Blvd., N.E. Atlanta, GA 30345-3205 U.S.A. (404) 417-4477 |