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Governor Steve Beshear's Communications Office
Kentucky Companies Receive Awards for Advanced Biofuels Production, Expansion
FRANKFORT, Ky.– Governor Steve Beshear today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will pay Kentucky companies more than $2.1 million to support and ensure the production and expansion of advanced biofuels through its Rural Development mission area.
“I am pleased that these Kentucky companies will benefit from this USDA program authorized by the 2008 Farm Bill,” said Gov. Beshear. “These investments will help us meet our future energy demands.”
Four Kentucky companies will receive payments under USDA’s Bioenergy Program for Advanced Biofuels. Payments are based on the amount of biofuels a recipient produces from renewable biomass, which includes cellulose, crop residue, animal, food and yard waste material, biogas (landfill and sewage waste treatment gas), vegetable oil and animal fat.
- Griffin Industries Inc. (Campbell County) - $98,703.57 for biofuel from waste products (biodiesel)
- Owensboro Grain Company LLC - $1,984,135.45 for biodiesel mechanical
- Somerset Hardwood Flooring - $75,327.65 for pellets
- Southern Kentucky Pellet Mill Inc. (Monroe County) - $4,758.96 for pellets
For more information about this program, visit www.rurdev.usda.gov/BCP_Biofuels.html. For information on other USDA Rural Development Programs, visit www.rurdev.usda.gov.
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