www'adeca'alabama'gov

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Alabama Department of Economic Community
Affairs Biomass Energy Program
www.adeca.alabama.gov
Clarence Mann ADECA-EWT [phone] clarence.ma
nn_at_adeca.alabama.gov
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Biomass Energy Program

• Initiated in 1986 as the Biomass Fuel Development
  Program
• By the late 90s it had evolved into the
  Renewable Fuels Program and now, the Biomass
  Energy Program
• Purpose
• Provide financial incentive to reduce fossil fuel
  consumption
• Eligible Participants
• Commercial, industrial, institutional, or
  agricultural property owners
• City, county, or state entities
• Qualifying Projects
• New, or modifications to existing equipment for
  producing

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Biomass Energy Program

• Qualifying Projects (Continued)
• hot water, steam, or hot air
• Biomass fuel unloading, storage, and transport
  equipment
• Eligible Components
• Equipment controls, pollution controls, building
  modifications
• Equipment must operate on a solid, liquid or
  gaseous renewable fuel
• Fuel must be derived from logging, animal
  production, manufacturing processes involving
  logging or agricultural products, or landfill
  waste

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Biomass Energy Program

• Maximum Assistance
• 75,000 over a 3-year period
• Prime 2 percent
• Paid directly to borrower based on documentation
  of payment
• Application Requirements
• Feasibility study and preliminary design to
  include economic benefits, description of
  project, potential adverse environmental effects
• Firm evidence of financing
• Adequate supply of renewable fuel type and
  quality
• Allow demonstrations of installed equipment
• Allow lender to submit statement of account to
  state
• Allow state to conduct final inspection, etc.

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Biomass Energy Program

• Filing Procedures
• Mail application to
• Alabama Department of Economic and Community
  Affairs
• Energy, Weatherization and Technology Division
• Attention Clarence Mann
• 401 Adams Avenue
• P. O. Box 5690
• Montgomery, AL 36103-5690
• Evaluation
• Conducted by ADECA-EWT Division or its authorized
  representatives

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Biomass Energy Program

• Evaluation (Continued)
• Important criteria include
• Experience of design and installation contractor
• Completeness of preliminary design
• Adequacy of specifications
• Completeness of feasibility study
• Transferability of technology
• Impact of project on state
• Key Milestones
• Lending institution submits statement of loan
  account to state
• State disburses subsidy payment to participant

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Biomass Energy Program

• Key Milestones (Continued)
• Participant submits quarterly fuel consumption
  data
• For additional information contact
• Mr. Clarence Mann or Ms. Heather
  Shar
• ADECA-EWT Division University of Alabama
  in Huntsville
• 401 Adams Avenue Office for Economic
  Development
• P. O. Box 5690 Von Braun Research
  Hall, A-4
• Montgomery, AL 36103-5690 Huntsville, AL
  35899
• Phone [phone] Phone (256)
  824-6248
• Email clarence.mann_at_adeca.alabama.gov Email
  sharh_at_uah.edu