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RENEWABLE FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE BOARD MEETS, AWARDS $600,000 IN
GRANTS
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URBANDALE,
Iowa - On Tuesday, Nov. 28, the Renewable Fuel Infrastructure
Board (RFIB) met and awarded a series of grants for biodiesel
and ethanol infrastructure projects. Despite only being
the group's third meeting, the RFIB has accomplished much to improve
consumer access to and infrastructure support for renewable fuels.
Since its start in September, the RFIB has:
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- Elected leadership
- Established operational schedules
- Approved governing rules
- Approved grant applications
- Awarded more than $600,000 in cost share,
renewable fuel infrastructure projects
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Yvonne Wente, ISA's representative to the board and RFIB's vice-chair,
is very proud of the progress being made by the group. “We
have met only a few times, and despite a short organizational
time frame, are accomplishing what we intended to do –-
get funding out to the countryside as quickly as possible in a
way that ensures quality projects,” says Wente. “As
a soybean and corn producer, I am pleased with what we've accomplished
to promote biodiesel and ethanol.”
To date, funding from the RFIB has amounted to $310,000 for biodiesel
terminal and retail projects and $310,263 for ethanol and E85
retail projects.
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