Request for Applications: Green Fertilizer Grant Program (United States)

Program funds can be combined with available federal financial assistance programs, such as the Inflation Reduction Act Green Hydrogen Tax Credit (45V) or Department of Energy loan programs.

The Program provides funding to agricultural and rural electric cooperatives to invest in green fertilizer production facilities located in Minnesota. The Program funds can be combined with available federal financial assistance programs, such as the Inflation Reduction Act Green Hydrogen Tax Credit (45V) or Department of Energy loan programs.

Priorities

• This grant program will prioritize:
  • Projects demonstrating strong business readiness.
  • Projects demonstrating support through private financing, state loans, or federal sources.
  • Projects located in Minnesota counties with a poverty rate greater than 9%.

Funding Information

• They have approximately $6.665 million available for eligible projects. The minimum grant award is $250,000 and the maximum grant amount is $6.665 million.

Eligible Expenses 

• Investments in green fertilizer production facilities located in Minnesota are the only eligible expenses.

Eligible Production Facilities 

• Green fertilizer production facilities must meet the following criteria:
  • Use renewable energy in the production of anhydrous ammonia, urea, or hydrogen.
  • Hydrogen used to make the green fertilizer must meet the definition of green hydrogen .
  • The renewable energy, hydrogen, and ammonia must be produced within 100 miles of the green fertilizer production facility.
  • Produce final green fertilizer product in Minnesota.
  • Be operational within five years of grant agreement effective date.

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants must:
  • Be organized under MINN. STAT. 308A or 308B as an agricultural or rural electric cooperative.
  • Intend to invest in a facility that produces green fertilizer.
  • Commit to a long-term offtake agreement(s) with the green fertilizer production facility.
  • Commit to provide training in fertilizer application best management practices and develop a program to share information with cooperative members.
  • Be in good standing with the State of Minnesota.

For more information, visit MDA.