Biorefinery Assistance Program

As the call for increased production of homegrown, renewable forms of fuels has grown, so has the need to develop and produce them.  The United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development offers opportunities to producers to development such fuels through the Biorefinery Assistance Program. The program provides loan guarantees for the development, construction, and retrofitting of commercial-scale biorefineries.

The Biorefinery Assistance Program was established to assist in the development of new and emerging technologies for the development of advanced biofuels and aims to accomplish the following: increase the energy independence of the United States; promote resource conservation, public health, and the environment; diversify markets for agricultural and forestry products and agricultural waste materials; and create jobs and enhance economic development in rural United States.