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Funding Resources
Funding Resources
| SC Biomass Energy Production Incentive | |
|---|---|
| Type of Incentive | Rebate |
| Eligible States | SC |
| Eligible Technology | Backpressure Turbine, Boiler, Combustion Turbine, Condensing Turbine, Extracting Turbine, Fuel Cell, Microturbine, Other, Reciprocating Engine, Heat Recovery Generator, Stirling Engine |
| Eligible Fuel | # 2 Fuel Oil, # 6 Fuel Oil, Biogas, Biomass, Coal, Hydrogen, LFG, Municipal Solid Waste, Natural Gas, Other, Tire-Derived Fuel, Waste heat Recovery |
| Eligible Project Size | All (MW) |
| Number of Awards | |
| Size of Award | In 2007 South Carolina enacted the Energy Freedom and Rural Development Act, which provides production incentives for certain biomass-energy facilities. Eligible systems earn $0.01 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) for electricity generated and $0.30 per therm for energy produced from biomass resources. These incentives are available to systems that did not produce energy from biomass resources before June 30, 2008, or systems that increase production by at 25 percent over their greatest three-year average before June 30, 2008. The incentive payment is also applicable to energy from a qualifying facility placed in service and first producing energy on or after July 1, 2008. The maximum incentive is $100,000 per taxpayer per year. Incentives will be paid beginning on the date the system was placed in service. No incentives will be awarded after June 30, 2018. All claims will be paid from the state's general fund, and total claims may not exceed $2.1 million per fiscal year. |
| Start Date | 7/1/2008 |
| End Date | 6/30/2018 |
| Minimum Efficiency(%) |
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| Additional Information |
For the purposes of this incentive, a biomass resource is defined as "wood, wood waste, agricultural waste, animal waste, sewage, landfill gas and other organic materials, not including fossil fuels." The incentive payment for the production of electricity or thermal energy may not be claimed for both electricity and energy produced from the same biomass resource. |
| Web Site |
http://www.energy.sc.gov/  |
| Additional Web Site |
http://www.dsireusa.org/incentives/incentive.cfm?Incentive_Code=SC22F&re=1&ee=1 |
| Primary Contact |
Public Information 1200 Senate Seat, 408 Wade Hampton Building Columbia, SC 29201 U.S.A. (803) 737-8030 (803) 737-9846 |