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Information and resources related to the production of ethanol as an energy source.  Wikipedia on Ethanol.

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Companies

Algenol Biofuels - a privately owned company, was founded in early 2006 and is engaged in broad research and development efforts to develop industrial-scale production systems to make ethanol from algae. The company's DIRECT TO ETHANOL(TM) process is the most advanced third generation biofuels technology that produces industrial-scale, low cost ethanol using algae, sunlight, CO2 and seawater. It is the only end-to-end commercial process that stabilizes and reduces CO2 levels. Algenol is slated for commercial sales of ethanol in 2009.

Locations: Loxahatchee, Colorado.

Website: http://www.algenolbiofuels.com

Andersons - is a diversified company with interests in the grain, ethanol and plant nutrient sectors of U.S. agriculture, as well as in railcar leasing and repair, turf products production, and general merchandise retailing. Founded in Maumee, Ohio, in 1947, the company now has operations in seven U.S. states plus rail leasing interests in Canada and Mexico. Total revenues in 2006 were $1.5 billion.  Stock: ANDE.  Website.

Aventine Renewable Energy - is a leading producer and marketer of ethanol and related by-products. Through our own production facilities, marketing alliances with other ethanol producers and our purchase and resale operations, we market and distribute ethanol to many of the leading energy companies in the U.S. In fact, last year we supplied almost 696 million gallons of the Country's ethanol needs.  Website.

BlueFire Ethanol - use of the Arkenol patented process positions it as the only viable, world-wide cellulose-to-ethanol company with demonstrated production experience with ethanol from wood wastes, urban trash (post-sorted MSW), rice and wheat straws and other agricultural residues.

Locations: Irvine, California.

Website: http://www.bluefireethanol.com

BP - Ethanol - Website.

ClearFuels Technology - mission is simply stated in its name; to produce clear clean renewable fuels such as ethanol, methanol, hydrogen and synthetic gas from sustainable cellulosic biomass using advanced thermochemical technologies.  ClearFuels focus is on the sugarcane platform, the source of over half the world’s ethanol.  Website.

Coskata - next-generation ethanol company commercializing a proprietary process technology for the production of fuel-grade ethanol.  Coskata is leveraging innovative intellectual property, a strong engineering foundation and emerging process development techniques to bring a proprietary technology to market for the production of ethanol. 

Investor: Advanced Technology Ventures (ATV) - Energy - Capital - Venture Capitalists Page.  Locations: Palo Alto, California; Waltham, Massachusetts.

Locations:  Warrenville, Illinois.

Website: http://www.coskataenergy.com/

E3 BioFuels - in October 2005 began construction on its Genesis plant at Mead, Nebraska, using exclusive "closed-loop" technology to which an E3 affiliate co-owns a patent. The patent is licensed to each of E3 BioFuels' projects.  Website.  Management. Genesis became operational in April 2007. It's the first-ever commercial plant to make ethanol with virtually no fossil fuels for heat, instead using manure and corn cellulose to make biogas.

Earthanol - Earthanol's mission is to utilize low-to negative-cost waste streams as raw material feedstock to produce ethanol with proven proprietary technologies. As a starting point they are converting liquid whey permeate waste streams in the emerging waste-to-ethanol sector.  Website.  Investors: Nth Power.  Advisory Board: No.

EdenIQ - scientists are pursuing solutions that cost-effectively convert abundant, non-food biomass into fuels. Making fuels from agricultural waste such as corn stover, sugarcane bagasse, rice straw and woodchips takes the controversy out of biofuels and puts the green – and the humanity – in.

Investors: DFJ Element.

Website: http://www.edeniq.com

Iogen - is a world leading biotechnology firm specializing in cellulosic ethanol - a fully renewable, advanced biofuel that can be used in today's cars. Iogen also develops, manufactures and markets enzymes used to modify and improve the processing of natural fibres within the textile, animal feed, and pulp and paper industries.

Locations: Ottawa, Ontario.

Website: http://www.iogen.ca

NexGen Biofuels - is a renewable fuels company that plans to develop four ethanol plants and one bio-diesel plant, each of 100 MGPY capacity, in five states. The plants will be built in two phases, with the first phase yielding two ethanol plants and one bio-diesel plant and the second phase yielding two more ethanol plants. The plants will be located in Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Ohio and Wisconsin.

Locations: Wesley Chapel, Florida.

Website: http://www.nexgenbiofuels.net

Pacific Ethanol - mission is to be the leading marketer and producer of low-carbon renewable fuels in the Western United States. With the ethanol sales and marketing experience of Kinergy Marketing and six plants in operation and construction, we are strategically poised to meet the explosive demand for domestically sourced cleaner burning fuels.  Website.

Panda Ethanol - working to help meet the nation's need for clean, economic, alternative energy, which will decrease our dependence on hydrocarbons and foreign oil. Once complete, Panda's six proposed 115 million gallon-per-year denatured ethanol refineries will supply the nation with clean-burning, renewable ethanol to help accomplish this goal.  Website.

Range Fuels - is focused on green energy and the production of cellulosic ethanol. The company does not use food products like corn, but rather uses waste materials and turns them into valuable products. The company's innovative technology uses wood chips, municipal waste, paper pulp, olive pits, and more and converts those materials to ethanol. The company's system, named K2, uses a two-step thermo-chemical conversion process. The first step converts the biomass to synthesis gas and the second step converts the gas to ethanol. The company's business model is to design, build, own and operate its plants. The company is privately held and funded by Khosla Ventures, LLC, arguably the top venture firm in the U.S. focusing on alternative, clean (green) energy systems. The leadership team melds experience from Silicon Valley's fast-paced, high-tech world, and the technologically intense coal, coal gasification, and gas-to-liquids industries. Range Fuels' vision is to introduce the world to a fuel that's renewable, sustainable, and eco-friendly in its production.

Website: http://www.rangefuels.com

Locations: Broomfield, Colorado.

SunOpta BioProcess Inc. - Energy - Biomass Page.  (involved in ethanol production).

US BioEnergy - is a leading ethanol producer in the United States. We currently operate four ethanol plants: US Bio Platte Valley, US Bio Woodbury, US Bio Albert City and US Bio Ord, and have four plants under construction. Upon completion of these initiatives, we will own and operate eight plants with a combined expected ethanol production capacity of 780 million gallons per year by the end of 2008.  Website.

US Renewables Group - Energy - Renewables Page.

Verasun Energy - is one of the largest producers of ethanol in the U.S. based on production capacity, according to the RFA. We focus primarily on the production and sales of ethanol and its co-products. As an industry leader, we work with automakers, fuel distributors, trade associations, and consumers to increase the demand for ethanol and play an active role in developments within the renewable fuels industry.  Website.  Yahoo Financial.  Symbol: VSE.  Advisory Board: No.  Board Of Directors: Link.

Xethanol Corporation - is committed to the production of ethanol and related products in manufacturing facilities close to the major urban markets for those products, using locally available raw materials. Xethanol's Business Approach calls for the use of locally available biomass rather than corn as the primary raw material for ethanol production.  Website.  Management.  Board Of Directors. *

Resources

Ethanol and Renewables - industry links and resources from Verasun.  Link.

E85 Stations - Department of Energy's alternative fueling station locator for 85% ethanol 15% gasoline (for flex-fuel vehicles).  Website.

Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) - Energy - Biomass Page. See Biofuels on their Website.

Terms

Ethanol - Ethanol, also known as ethyl alcohol, drinking alcohol or grain alcohol, is a flammable, colorless, slightly toxic chemical compound - sometimes used for fuel.  Wikipedia.

Whole stillage - The unprocessed by-product of ethanol production, consisting of protein, oils and cellulosic fiber.

Thin stillage - The waste portion of whole stillage; mixed with manure in the E3 BioFuels-Mead anaerobic digester to increase the efficiency of biogas production and make use of the corn cellulose it contains.

Wet distillers grain - Also known as WDG or "wet cake," the portion of whole stillage that is fed without drying to cattle on site. If not dried, the high-moisture wet distillers grain can spoil quickly, and is very costly to transport.

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