Biofuels Projects
Biofuels are derived from a wide range of waste-based materials such as animal manure, food wastes, agricultural and forest wastes, municipal solid waste and purpose grown crops consisting of algae, switchgrass, corn, soy, palm oil, sugar beets. There is funding allocated in the 2011-12 Investment Plan for advanced cellulosic ethanol production plants and E-85 fueling stations.
Production Awards
Biomethane Awards
- BioStar Systems, LLC - Sonoma County Biomethane Production for Transportation Fuel
- Clean World Partners Grant For Pre-Development Activities for a Biomethane Production Facility
- City of San Jose Grant for the San Jose Biomethane Project
- CR&R Municipal Solid Waste to Biomethane Project
- Eurisko Scientific Grant For the Enhanced Transportation Biomethane Production from Municipal Sludge Digesters Project
- G4 Insights, Inc. Grant For the Low Temperature Thermo-Chemical Conversion of Forest Biomass to Biomethane Technology Testing in Placer County, California
- High Mountains Fuels, LLC Simi Valley Bio-LNG Production Plant
- Northstate Rendering Co Inc. Anaerobic Digestion of Rendering Waste to Produce CNG Vehicle Fuel
- Pixley Biogas, LLC
Biodiesel Awards
- Agricultural Waste Solutions, Inc. San Jacinto Biofuels Production #1 in Riverside County, California
- Biodiesel Industries, Inc. Grant For an ARIES© Bioenergy Project
- Cal Poly State University San Luis Obispo Grant For a Low-cost, Waste-Grown Algae Biofuel Feedstock Production Project
- East Bay Municipal Utility District Grant For Cost-Effective Fats, Oil and Grease-to-Biodiesel Production at a Wastewater Treatment Plant
- Solazyme, Inc. – Development of Pilot Production Plant for Soladiesel RD® Utilizing California Feedstocks
Advanced Ethanol Awards
- Advanced Bioenergy Center, Mendota
- Great Valley Energy, LLC Grant For the Development and Pilot Testing of Agricultural Feedstock Separation Technology
Infrastructure
Biodiesel Awards
- American Biodiesel, Inc., dba Community Fuels – Expanding Access to Renewable Fuels, Port of Stockton Terminal
- RTC Fuels Grant for Two Biodiesel Blend Terminals – Sacramento and Perris
- Western States Oil Company Grant For a Bulk Biomass Diesel Dispenser adjacent to the San Jose Pipeline Terminal