Applications Open for Co-Digestion Grant Program (California)

Donor Name: California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle)

State: California

County: All Counties

Type of the Grant: Grant

Deadline: 05/19/2022

Size of the Grant: $1,000,000 – $4,000,000

Details:

Funding Information

• $19,000,000 available for fiscal years (FYs) 2021–22 and 2022–23.
• $1,000,000 Minimum and $4,000,000 Maximum per grant award.

Eligible Projects

Eligible projects include:

• Design, construction, and installation of new and expanded food waste co-digestion systems at existing publicly owned wastewater treatment plants.

Project Requirements:

• The project must be located at an existing publicly owned wastewater treatment plant in California.
• The project site must have an existing anaerobic digestion system with excess digestion capacity.
• The project must either have an existing food waste receiving station with excess capacity on-site or propose to construct a new or expanded food waste receiving station infrastructure that allows for direct receipt of food waste into the anaerobic digester(s).
  • A project that proposes to receive food waste at the headworks or through the sewage system for co-digestion is ineligible.
• The project must demonstrate an increase in permanent capacity for the co-digestion of food waste as a result of the grant.
• The project must co-digest food waste and utilize the biogas that is generated to produce the transportation fuel, renewable electricity, heat, or biomethane for pipeline injection.

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible applicants include:

• Local governments
• Cities, counties, and cities and counties as defined in Public Resources Code section 30109.
• Regional or local sanitation agencies, waste agencies, or Joint Powers Authorities.

For more information, visit Co-Digestion Grant Program.