Anaerobic digester or biomass thermal generation facility planning and constructing appropriation

A bill for an act

relating to energy; appropriating money to plan and construct an anaerobic digester

or biomass thermal generation facility.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

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APPROPRIATION; BIOMASS ENERGY FACILITY.
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(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 116C.779, subdivision 1, paragraph (j),

$....... in fiscal year 2027 is appropriated from the renewable development account established

in Minnesota Statutes, section 116C.779, subdivision 1, to the commissioner of commerce

for a grant to Liberty Diversified International to plan and construct an anaerobic digester

or a biomass thermal generation facility in the city of Becker. This is a onetime appropriation.

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(b) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given:

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(1) "anaerobic digester" means a facility that uses diverted food and organic waste to

generate renewable natural gas and biochar;

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(2) "biochar" means a solid substance, made from burning organic material, that

sequesters carbon and is capable of being used as a soil application; and

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(3) "biomass thermal generation facility" means a facility that generates energy for

commercial heat or industrial process heat from the combustion of organic material.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective the day following final enactment.

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