Tapping into BCAP

Ethanol Producer Magazine
May 2010
By Anna Austin

Traditional and cellulosic ethanol plants can qualify as biomass conversion facilities under the USDA’s Biomass Crop Assistance Program.

The Biomass Crop Assistance Program final rule will soon be out, and many are anxious to see program adjustments, further clarification on vague components, and an end to the current freeze on program sign ups.

The main impetus in BCAP, which was first introduced to the public in the 2008 Farm Bill, is to assist nonfood biomass crop development. The first part of the program, initiated in June 2009, provides matching payments for collection, harvest, storage and transport (CHST) to eligible material owners who are selling and delivering materials to a qualified biomass conversion facility using the biomass for the production of heat, power, biobased products or biofuels.

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