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Commonwealth Organics-to-Energy Grant Program is sponsored by Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC). This program provides grants to businesses for the installation of anaerobic digestion systems to convert organic waste into clean energy.
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Commonwealth Organics-to-Energy | MassCEC Commonwealth Organics-to-Energy The Challenge: Turn Unwanted Organic Materials into Clean Renewable Energy Faced with an impending statewide ban on the disposal of significant quantities of food waste and limited capacity at existing organics processing facilities, MassCEC launched Commonwealth Organics-to-Energy to both address this shortage and take advantage of opportunities to create clean, renewable energy.
The program helped both commercial and public-sector developers advance projects to the stage where they could obtain the balance of necessary construction financing. The Commonwealth Organics-to-Energy program provided grants for feasibility studies and construction for projects that employed anaerobic digestion or other technologies using organic feedstocks to generate electricity and/or usable heat.
Up to $500,000 in grant funding was available for implementation projects and up to $50,000 for feasibility studies. For particularly complex public-sector projects, up to $100,000 was also available for technical services. The program focused primarily on commercially available technology.
MassCEC’s support contributed to the construction or upgrade of 12 facilities using anaerobic digestion and two based on composting with heat recovery. These facilities accounted for an approximately 500,000-tons-per-year increase in statewide organics processing capacity and represent about 10 MW of high-availability electricity generation capacity.
The program helped establish the business model of combining food waste with animal manure to develop commercially viable anaerobic digestion projects on modestly-sized farms. Such projects help sustain family farms and return valuable nutrients to the food cycle. Project developers who gained experience in Massachusetts are expanding in other states.
The program developed and analyzed a database on Massachusetts' wastewater solids (sludge) quantities and management practices.
Renewable Energy Generation Implementation (Design & Construction) Technical services related to public infrastructure project development Farm-based anaerobic digester and combined heat-and-power Awarded $400,00 for design and construction Deerfield AD1, LLC constructed an anaerobic digester at Bar-Way Farm in Deerfield, MA.
The 660,000-gallon digester breaks down a mixture of manure from Bar-Way farm’s 250-300 milking cows and slurried organic waste from food processing plants. Biogas from the digester feeds a 1-MW combined heat-and-power system, which produces over 7 million kilowatt-hours of electricity per year, plus heat and hot water. Digestate (nutrient-rich liquid from the system) is used to fertilize crops on adjacent fields.
https://vanguardrenewables. com/portfolio-items/bar-way-farm/ Greater Lawrence Sanitary District Expanded wastewater anaerobic digestion system with food-waste intake and "island-able" combined heat-and-power Awarded $60,000 for technical services and $400,000 for design and construction GLSD added a fourth digester to its wastewater treatment plant, along with the ability to accept slurried food waste.
The biogas produced by the digesters now feeds a 3. 1 MW combined heat-and-power system that produces more than enough electricity to run the entire plant, as well as some of the District’s pumping needs. The plant can maintain operations during an electrical grid outage (by “islanding”), preventing the discharge of untreated sewage to the Merrimack River.
https://glsd. org/project-net-zero/ Anaerobic digester for unusable food Awarded $400,000 for construction • Stop & Shop’s regional distribution center in Freetown, MA not only sends fresh food out to supermarkets – it also takes back products that could not be sold or donated, like bruised produce or expired dairy products. These materials are removed from any packaging, mashed to a pulp, and fed into an anerobic digester.
Biogas from the digester fuels a 1. 1 MW generator, which produces about 40% of this 1-million square-foot facility’s needs.
Stop & Shop: 5 Years of Green Energy Program Outputs and Resources Massachusetts Sewage Sludge Survey In 2019, MassCEC contracted with the North East Biosolids and Residuals Association to survey Massachusetts water resource recovery facilities on their solids (sludge) generation quantities and management practices.
Report on 2018 Massachusetts Sludge Survey Massachusetts Sludge Survey Database (2018 data) Small-Scale Organics-to-Energy Systems Vendor Directory MassCEC engaged Eastern Research Group to compile the following directory of small organics-to-energy systems that were commercially available in the United States as of 2013: Small-Scale Organics-to-Energy Vendor Directory Feasibility Studies and Reports on Pilot Operations Ayer Anaerobic Digestion Feasibility Study, 2014 Crapo Hill (New Bedford) Pilot Digester Start-Up, 2015 Easthampton Anaerobic Digestion Feasibility Study, 2014 Franklin Park Maintenance (Boston) Feasibility Study, 2017 Franklin Park Zoo (Boston) Biothermal Feasibility Study, 2014 Greater Lawrence Sanitary Dist Feasibility Study, 2013 Greater Lawrence Sanitary Dist Pilot Ops Memo, 2018 MWRA Bench Scale Co-Digestion Pilot, 2013 Millbury Feasibility Study, 2013 Pittsfield Technical Study, 2018 Springfield Water & Sewer BioEnergy Feasibility, 2019 Construction projects were required to meet a cost-effectiveness ratio comparing grant dollars to energy (electricity and/or heat) output.
Key selection criteria included reliability of feedstock supply, community compatibility, and financial viability. The addition of a combined heat-and-power system to an existing anaerobic digester was an eligible project type. Public-sector applicants were eligible for additional, flexible funding in recognition of greater project complexity.
Program design was developed in cooperation with the MA Departments of Environmental Protection and Agricultural Resources.
For typical Program details, please refer to the Organics-to-Energy Round 6 Solicitation documents Round 6 Solicitation (closed) Implementation (Construction) / Pilot Projects Organics-to-Energy Implementation/Pilot Solicitation Apdx 1 Minimum Technical Reqs Apdx 2a Implementation Project Deliverables Apdx 2b Pilot Project Deliverables Apdx 3 Sample Grant Agreement Organics Feasibility Studies Solicitation Organics FS Apdx 1 – Sample Grant Agreement Organics FS Apdx 2 – Authorized Applicant’s Signature & Acceptance Organics FS Apdx 3 – Application Organics FS Apdx 4 – Budget Form Technical Services / Technical Studies Organics Tech Studies/Tech Services Solicitation Organics TS Apdx 1 – Sample Grant Agreement Organics TS Apdx 2 – Application Materials Organics TS Apdx 3 – Authorized Applicant’s Signature & Acceptance Organics TS Apdx 4 – Budget Form Notice of Intent to Fund: Berkshire Innovation Center Microgrid Feasibility Study Program Area Net Zero Grid Application Deadline: June 11th, 2026 Heat Pump and HVAC Training Network Award Potential: Up to $1,200,000 Application Deadline: Strand A: March 18, 2026 Strand B: Rolling, through May 15, 2027 Decarbonization Pathways Pilot Program Area High Performance Buildings Award Potential: $10,000 - $30,000, subject to income qualification
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Businesses in Massachusetts. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
Commonwealth Organics-to-Energy Grant Program is funded by Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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