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MPCA food-system grants for emissions-reducing facility projects

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is offering implementation grants for Minnesota food-system projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve industrial efficiency. - Government buyer: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), a Minnesota state agency; the opportunity is associated with St. Paul. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) funds the initiative wholly or partly. - Opportunity: Approximately $40 million in reimbursable Industrial Innovation in Food Systems grants for eligible food and beverage manufacturers and food-system organic-waste processors serving Minnesota. - Funding: Grants reimburse up to 60% of eligible project costs, with applicants covering the remaining match. Award tiers are $50,000–$499,999 for small projects, $500,000–$2,999,999 for medium projects, and $3 million–$8 million for large projects; the maximum grant is $8 million. - Requested projects: Facility implementation using cleaner technologies, more efficient equipment or processes, and circular-economy approaches to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution, or waste. Examples include reducing reliance on the electric grid and producing energy from waste streams. - Eligible costs: Project equipment and technology, installation, construction, materials, certain qualified third-party technical assistance (capped at $200,000), and measurement-and-verification activities or equipment. - Notable requirements: Applicants must provide a pre-project energy assessment or greenhouse-gas inventory, document matching funds, obtain required permits, address effects on nearby communities and environmental-justice areas, and comply with Build America, Buy America requirements. Post-installation measurement and verification must include at least three months of data. - Project timing: Projects must be installed, operational, and commissioned within the program implementation period, followed by monitoring, verification, and final reporting. No option years or annual subscription are specified. - Named supplier: AB Boilers appears only as an illustrative name in a sample budget; it is not identified as a required supplier or project OEM. No project-specific OEMs or vendors are designated. A sample budget also shows 15 hours of certified-electrician labor to install a boiler, at $78 per hour; this is an example, not a stated procurement requirement.

Description

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is seeking applications for Industrial Innovation in Food Systems Implementation Grants. Approximately $40 million in reimbursable grant funding will support eligible food and beverage manufacturers and food system organic waste processors implementing projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and provide other co-benefits through cleaner technologies, efficient equipment and processes, and circular economy principles. Awards range from $50,000 to $8,000,000, with grants reimbursing 60% of eligible project costs; applicants must provide the remaining match. Applications are due January 4, 2027, and projects must be operational by June 30, 2029.

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