Some of the proposed biofuel projects receiving grants from the Department of Energy:

• Abengoa Bioenergy Corp. of Chesterfield, Mo., up to $76 million.

The plant in Hugoton, Kan., would produce 13 million to 15 million gallons of ethanol annually and enough energy to power the facility. It would use 700 tons per day of corn stover, wheat straw, milo stubble, switchgrass and other feedstocks.

• Poet LLC of Sioux Falls, S.D., up to $80 million.

After expansion, the Emmetsburg, Iowa, plant would produce 125 million gallons of ethanol per year, of which roughly 25 percent would be cellulosic ethanol. The plant expects to use 842 tons per day of corn fiber, cobs and stalks.

• Range Fuels of Broomfield, Colo., up to $76 million.

The proposed plant in Soperton, Ga., would produce about 40 million gallons of ethanol per year and 9 million gallons per year of methanol, using 1,200 tons per day of wood residues and wood based energy crops.

• BlueFire Ethanol Inc. of Irvine, Calif., up to $40 million.

The proposed plant would be in Lancaster, Calif., on an existing landfill and produce about 19 million gallons of ethanol a year. The plant would use 700 tons per day of sorted green waste and wood waste from landfills.

• Stora Enso North America, of Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., up to $30 million.

The proposed plant in Wisconsin Rapids would convert wood wastes to diesel fuel.

Source: Department of Energy