Will this move the cattle feeding from the west back to the cornbelt?
E3 BioFuels to Launch First Closed-Loop Ethanol Plant in Mead,
Nebraska, in December 2006 Eliminating the Need for Fossil Fuels in
Ethanol Production
SOURCE E3 BioFuels
MEAD, Neb., Oct. 30, 2006 /PRNewswire/ -- Dennis Langley, Chairman and CEO of
E3 BioFuels, announces the Genesis plant will begin production in December
2006 at Mead, Nebraska, as the first-ever closed-loop system for distilling
commercial quantities of ethanol using methane gas recaptured from cow
manure, instead of fossil fuels. This virtually eliminates the need for
fossil fuels in the production of ethanol.
The closed-loop system -- derived from an exclusive patent co-owned by
an affiliate of E3 BioFuels -- combines a 25-million-gallon ethanol
refinery, beef cattle feedlot, and anaerobic digesters to maximize energy
efficiencies unavailable to each component on a stand-alone basis. This
system eliminates the potential for manure to pollute watersheds, and it
enables the wet distillers grain from ethanol production to be fed on-site
to cattle without energy-intensive drying and transportation costs.
In the October edition of Wired Magazine, venture capitalist Vinod
Khosla writes, "It may surprise you to learn that the most promising
solution to our nation's energy crisis begins in the bowels of a waste
trough, under the slotted concrete floor of a giant pen that holds 28,000
... beef cattle."
Khosla, co-founder of Sun Microsystems, continues, "E3 BioFuels is
about to fire up the most energy efficient corn ethanol facility in the
country: a $75 million state-of-the-art biorefinery ... The output: a
potential gusher of renewable, energy-efficient transportation fuel."
"The Genesis plant at Mead will be the first to market ethanol produced
from closed-loop, self-sustaining ethanol technology by at least a year or
two, in comparison to any other competitors," Langley said. "This plant
will make ethanol more than twice as energy-efficient as any other method
of producing ethanol or gasoline."
E3 BioFuels-Mead has named the plant Genesis to celebrate that it's the
first commercially viable facility on the planet to use this new
technology, as well as signifying the birth of a revolution in energy
production.
"This is the new low-cost alternative for meeting America's energy
needs with domestically produced ethanol." Langley said. "E3 BioFuels'
system enables America to take a giant leap from the oilfields of the
Mideast to the cornfields of the Midwest. The future is now, the future is
here -- with the opening of the E3 BioFuels-Mead's Genesis plant."
"The Genesis plant effectively serves as a diligent steward of the
environment -- producing a clean-burning motor fuel, solving water run-off
pollution from agricultural wastes, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions."
Langley said E3 BioFuels plans to build 15 more such plants near
feedlots and dairy farms, of increasing size, within the next five years.
Langley is a proven entrepreneur with a lifetime of experience in the
energy industry. He served as founder, chairman and CEO of the first
pipeline in the United States to be chartered to create competition.
Langley's companies have owned, designed, constructed and/or operated more
than $2 billion worth of projects in the energy industry.
In a forthcoming statement, Langley will clarify E3 BioFuels'
relationship to PRIME BioSolutions and to David Hallberg, a former employee
of one of E3 BioFuels' affiliates. The statement will clarify that E3
BioFuels and its affiliates are the owners and the sole operators and
managers of the Mead plant.
E3 BioFuels website: http://www.e3biofuels.com
SOURCE E3 BioFuels
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E3 BioFuels to Launch First Closed-Loop Ethanol Plant in Mead,
Nebraska, in December 2006 Eliminating the Need for Fossil Fuels in
Ethanol Production
SOURCE E3 BioFuels
MEAD, Neb., Oct. 30, 2006 /PRNewswire/ -- Dennis Langley, Chairman and CEO of
E3 BioFuels, announces the Genesis plant will begin production in December
2006 at Mead, Nebraska, as the first-ever closed-loop system for distilling
commercial quantities of ethanol using methane gas recaptured from cow
manure, instead of fossil fuels. This virtually eliminates the need for
fossil fuels in the production of ethanol.
The closed-loop system -- derived from an exclusive patent co-owned by
an affiliate of E3 BioFuels -- combines a 25-million-gallon ethanol
refinery, beef cattle feedlot, and anaerobic digesters to maximize energy
efficiencies unavailable to each component on a stand-alone basis. This
system eliminates the potential for manure to pollute watersheds, and it
enables the wet distillers grain from ethanol production to be fed on-site
to cattle without energy-intensive drying and transportation costs.
In the October edition of Wired Magazine, venture capitalist Vinod
Khosla writes, "It may surprise you to learn that the most promising
solution to our nation's energy crisis begins in the bowels of a waste
trough, under the slotted concrete floor of a giant pen that holds 28,000
... beef cattle."
Khosla, co-founder of Sun Microsystems, continues, "E3 BioFuels is
about to fire up the most energy efficient corn ethanol facility in the
country: a $75 million state-of-the-art biorefinery ... The output: a
potential gusher of renewable, energy-efficient transportation fuel."
"The Genesis plant at Mead will be the first to market ethanol produced
from closed-loop, self-sustaining ethanol technology by at least a year or
two, in comparison to any other competitors," Langley said. "This plant
will make ethanol more than twice as energy-efficient as any other method
of producing ethanol or gasoline."
E3 BioFuels-Mead has named the plant Genesis to celebrate that it's the
first commercially viable facility on the planet to use this new
technology, as well as signifying the birth of a revolution in energy
production.
"This is the new low-cost alternative for meeting America's energy
needs with domestically produced ethanol." Langley said. "E3 BioFuels'
system enables America to take a giant leap from the oilfields of the
Mideast to the cornfields of the Midwest. The future is now, the future is
here -- with the opening of the E3 BioFuels-Mead's Genesis plant."
"The Genesis plant effectively serves as a diligent steward of the
environment -- producing a clean-burning motor fuel, solving water run-off
pollution from agricultural wastes, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions."
Langley said E3 BioFuels plans to build 15 more such plants near
feedlots and dairy farms, of increasing size, within the next five years.
Langley is a proven entrepreneur with a lifetime of experience in the
energy industry. He served as founder, chairman and CEO of the first
pipeline in the United States to be chartered to create competition.
Langley's companies have owned, designed, constructed and/or operated more
than $2 billion worth of projects in the energy industry.
In a forthcoming statement, Langley will clarify E3 BioFuels'
relationship to PRIME BioSolutions and to David Hallberg, a former employee
of one of E3 BioFuels' affiliates. The statement will clarify that E3
BioFuels and its affiliates are the owners and the sole operators and
managers of the Mead plant.
E3 BioFuels website: http://www.e3biofuels.com
SOURCE E3 BioFuels
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