Alternative Fuels


Clearfield County, Pennsylvania

 

●  110Mgpy biorefinery under construction at the Clearfield Technololgy Park
●  Closed $205M debt financing with WestLB, TD Banknorth & $65M tax exempt bond financing with Stern Brothers in February 2008
●  Operational Q4,2009

 

 

●   Fagen EPC
●   ICM design
●   5-year off-take agreement with Getty Petroleum & Marketing (provides natural hedge against commodity fluctuations)
●   Corn supply via Lansing Trade Group, LLC
●   Distillers Grains, a higher value corn substitute livestock feed distributed via Land O'Lakes
   

 

 

$22M in grants and loans from the State of Pennsylvania
Adjacent to West Branch Susquehanna River and RJ Corman Railroad
Cellulosic Pilot Plant to be co-located

 

 


 

Lake Providence, Louisiana

 

●  110M dry-mill ethanol plant, using corn and milo as feedstock

 

●  Produces 380,000 tons of CO2 annually
●  Produces 380,000 tons of DDGS annually
●  DDGS a higher value corn substitute livestock feed to be marketed by Land O'Lakes and shipped primarily by truck to Arkansas poultry producers or exported via barge to South America and Europe
   
   

 

$18.3M of grants
Site lease executed with Port Authority
Key permits received
Piling/foundation work started on May 8th
Provides approximately 100 local jobs annually

and 300+ during construction phase

 

 

●  Located in the middle of the 2 leading corn producing districts in Louisiana, with access to the Mississippi River and the Delta Southern Railroad

●  Ranked No.1 site by Informix Group in 2004 based on the feasibility review of 8 potential sites
●  Regional markets would include Houston, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Oklahoma City, Kansas City, St. Louis, Memphis, Birmingham and New Orleans
●  LA State Legislature passed bill requiring 2% of total gasoline sold in state to be agriculture-based when Ethanol production reaches 50M gal. annually