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MW Consulting
Mathews Webster Consulting, Inc.
122 South Calhoun Street
Tallahassee, Florida 3230
850-391-7674


Government Advocacy & Public Relations • Grants, Loans & Financing
Construction, Engineering & Specifying Search Consulting • Economic Feasibility Assessments
Project Planning & Construction • Advanced Technology Integration & Marketing
Renewable Information Number Management Services

MW Consulting's president has won two Florida Farm to Fuel grants for biofuels plant development.

Pictured above, Agri-Source Fuels President Rick Higdon, Florida Secretary of Agriculture Charles Bronson, and MW Consulting President Peggy Mathews during a 2008 grant award presentation.


MW Consulting Services

Government Relations Services

  • Lobby state agencies and legislatures and develop bill and rule language
  • Direct government and public relations, media management, website development and collateral material production
  • Perform education and market outreach, including editorial tours, alternative fuels programs for civic groups, schools and government entities and develop educational materials

Economic Development Services

  • Project search consulting, including development of RFPs and bid evaluation
  • Identify grant sources and prepare grant applications
  • Evaluate economic and production feasibility
  • Biodiesel facility financing
  • Business model cost-segregation analysis
  • Identify applicable Federal, State and local incentives and credits
  • Identify renewable and energy-efficient tax credits and incentives
  • Monetize Renewable Information Numbers (RINs)

Biofuels and Bioenergy
Production Services

  • Identify and evaluate construction, specifying and engineering project bids
  • Engineering of new construction and retrofit facilities
  • Permit management, from
    pre-application to approval
  • Identification of viable feedstock suppliers
  • Construction management
  • Integration of advanced technology

 

Peggy H. Mathews

President

850-877-3848
Biography

Steven E. Webster

CEO

321-693-2370
Biography

Our mission is to help our clients achieve profitability
quickly and consistently.

MW Consulting Forms Marine Construction Lobbying Alliance With CFFW

MW Consulting has formed a strategic partnership with Florida's oldest and largest recreational boating advisory association Citizens For Florida's Waterways, to provide governmental advocacy (lobbying) services to marine construction industry businesses.

The cost is $250 per year.

MW Consulting principals bring more than 40 years of success and experience in the marine construction and boating worlds to the new program, which will ensure that the marine construction industry in Florida will retain vital access to government leaders, and the opportunity to lead and shape legislation and rules that affect their industry and livelihoods.

Click here to read more about this important new capability.
To download an application to join, click here.

Webster Named Biofuels Leadership Advisory Board Chair

MW Consulting CEO Steven Webster has been named the Chair of Florida Biofuels Association's Leadership Advisory Board, which oversees all FBA operating committees. In this position, he will help organize, prioritize, and achieve key association political, educational and business goals.

Mathews Named Biodiesel Panel Chair

MW Consulting President Peggy Mathews has been named the Chair of Florida Biofuels Association's biodiesel committee, charged with organizing support and a strategic plan to develop the biodiesel market in Florida.

MW President Featured Panelist at Farm to Fuel Summit 2009 Seminar

farmtofuel Peggy Mathews was a featured panelist at a special Florida Farm to Fuel Summit 2009 seminar, "Biofuels Strategic Meeting: Moving Biofuels Production into Florida."

Ms Mathews, who was the only registered biodiesel lobbyist working the 2009 Florida Legislative session, offered commentary and insights on legislative initiatives to help spur development of a biofuels industry in Florida.

The seminar was hosted by Florida Biofuels Association, in association with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Florida Office of Energy and Climate Change, and Florida Office of Tourism, Trade and Economic Development.

Mathews Wins $6.5 Million in Florida Grants for Agri-Source Fuels

grant letterAgri-Source Fuels, LLC, is the latest recipient of a Florida Farm to Fuel and Renewable Energy Technology grant, earning a second grant for $2.5 million in 2009, following a $4 million grant in 2008. Both grants were prepared on behalf of Agri-Source by MW Consulting President Peggy Mathews.

The $2.5 grant will be used to expand capacity of Agri-Source's Dade City, FL, plant to 60 million gallons per year.

Agri-Source received a letter officially awarding the $2.5 grant on April 14, 2009, from Florida Agriculture Secretary Charles Bronson.

To learn how MW Consulting can assist your company with grants, loans and financing opportunities, click here.

MW Biodiesel Completes Assessment of Available State & Federal Programs for Renewable Fuels

On behalf of client Florida Fuel Solutions (FFS), MW Consulting conducted a comprehensive review of all available State and Federal programs for renewable fuels.

MW Consulting identified state and Federal programs, including several initiatives related to Federal "stimulus" programs. MW Consulting also reviewed four other areas of interest: Federal production incentives; economic development incentives; stimulus-enhanced cost segregation; and RIN monetization and management.

For further information on how MW Consulting can assist your firm by conducting a review of available government programs, click here.

MW Consulting Launches Service to Monetize RINs

International Exchange Services (IES) and MW Consulting have signed an agreement to provide MW Consulting clients access to International Exchange Services' market-leading Renewable Information Number Management Services program. In return, IES clients gain access to MW Consulting's services.

The Renewable Information Number (RIN) program is a critically important, but complicated, financial incentive for renewable fuels producers. It is a forerunner of a 'cap and trade' system, and is also a 'hedge' against market price swings, as the value of a RIN increases when the cost difference increases between producing petroleum-based fuels and renewable fuels.

The IES program generates, validates, tracks, then monetizes and trades RINS, which are ultimately purchased by petroleum refiners to satisfy Federal "renewable fuels portfolio" mandates.

For further information on RIN monetization and management, click here.

MW Consulting Partnership Turns Glycerin Into Electricity

syngas
This is an actual photo of a "blue flame" fueled by glycerin. This exothermic (heat-producing) process is used to power high efficiency micro turbines to generate electricity, creating renewable energy and a new income stream for biodiesel producers.

MW Consulting clients now have direct access to a patented process that uses a plasma reactor to transform waste glycerin into synthetic gas (syngas), which can generate renewable electricity to sell back to the energy grid.

MW Consulting is partnering with Florida Syngas (FS) to install reactors using this patented process at client sites nationside. Through this partnership, MW Consulting clients are in a highly advantageous position to access renewable energy funding recently announced by the USDA.

The plasma reactors can produce energy from any carbonaceous fuel. The resulting fuel qualifies for numerous renewable energy tax credits and other incentives.

MW Consulting recently participated in an FS workshop where key production issues, including financing and integration of the FS product into biodiesel plant operating systems, were addressed.

For further information about recently announced Federal programs and to learn how MW Consulting can assist your firm, click here.

MW Consulting Applies Stimulus Act to Cut Client Taxes

MW Grant Recipient
Major corporate assets like these storage tanks at a Florida biodiesel plant are a prime target for "cost segregation" reviews.

MW Consulting has announced a strategic partnership with The RHS Group (RHS) to help clients take advantage of changes in the Federal tax code contained in the 2009 "Stimulus Act."

These changes, which are unknown to most businesses, can dramatically reduce taxes, sometimes even resulting in refunds of previously paid taxes.

The primary tool is an accounting principle called "cost segregation," which is used to classify depreciating assets in their most favorable class. The "Stimulus Act".

There is no fee. A small (2-2.5%) commission is collected on actual savings. RHS has reduced client taxes by more than $2 billion over the past five years.

For more information or to download a brief application form, click here.

 

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Associated Industries of Florida's Florida Energy CouncilFlorida Biofuels AssociationFlorida Renewable Energy Producers Association
Florida's Great Northwest Renewable Energy Council • Florida Petroleum Marketers Association