Funding Resources

Value Added Producer Grants
Type of Incentive	Grant
Eligible States	National
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
Size of Award	Grants may be used for planning activities and working capital for marketing value-added agricultural products and for farm-based renewable energy. Eligible applicants are independent producers, farmer and rancher cooperatives, agricultural producer groups, and majority-controlled producer-based business ventures.
Start Date	1/1/2001
End Date
Minimum Efficiency(%)
Additional Information	The annual Notice of Solicitations of Applications (NOSA) is published in December of every year. Applications are typically accepted until the end of March and funding decisions are made in late summer. The 2006 application period is no longer open. The application deadline for the 2006 solicitation was on March 31, 2006. Applications are currently being considered and funding decisions will be made by August 31, 2006.
Web Site	http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/coops/vadg.htm
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