Energizing the ValleyBiomass Resources in California

Outline:

Part 1: Biomass resources; crop-based biorefineriesPart 2: Jobs and employment estimates

http://biomass.ucdavis.edu

Aemetis, Keyes, CA; 55mgy

Stockton; 60 mgy Madera; 40 mgy Pacific Ethanol

Calgren, Pixley CA; 60 mgy

Business Name/Location Contact Phone WebSite BQ9000 Status RFSStatus

Plant Capacity Last Reported

Baker Commodities Los Angeles 4020 Bandini BlvdVernon,CA 90058

Doug Smith 323-200-4659 www.bakercommodities.com 01/2013

Bay Biodiesel, LLC (San Jose) 905 Stockton Ave San Jose,CA 95110

Pat O''''''''''''''''Keefe 925-228-2222 www.baybiodiesel.com 3,000,000 01/2013

Biodiesel Industries of Ventura, LLCU.S. Naval Base Ventura, National Environmental Test SitePort Hueneme,CA 93043

Russell Teall, JD 805-683-8103 www.biodico.com 10,000,000 11/2012

Community Fuels809-C Snedeker Ave.Stockton,CA 95203

Lisa Mortenson 760-942-9306 www.communityfuels.c      10,000,000 01/2013

Crimson Renewable Energy, LP 17731 Millux Rd.

Harry Simpson 720-475-5409 www.crimsonrenewabl           12/2012

Bakersfield,CA 93311

GeoGreen Biofuels, Inc. 6011 Malburg WayVernon,CA 90058

Eric Lauzon 323 826 9753 www.geogreen.com 01/2013

Imperial Western Products 86600 54th Ave Coachella,CA 92236

Curtis Wright 760-398-0815 www.biotanefuels.com 10,500,000 01/2013

New Leaf Biofuel, LLC San Diego,CA 92113

Jennifer Case 619-236-8500 www.newleafbiofuel.com 2,000,000 01/2013

Noil Energy LEVON 323-726-1966 01/2013Group4426 East Washington Blvd Commerce

,CA 90040

TERMENDZHYAN

North Star James Levine 510 350 4102 750,000 01/2013Biofuels, LLC860 W. BeachStreetWatsonville,CA 95076Simple Fuels James Lutch 530-993-6000 www.simplefuels.com 1,000,000

Biodiesel, Inc.

93232 Highway70

Chilcoot

,CA 96105

Yokayo Biofuels, Kumar Plocher 877-806-0900 www.ybiofuels.org 500,000 01/2013

Inc.

350 Orr SpringsRoadUkiah ,CA 95482

California Biodiesel Facilities, 30 -40 mgy

Estimated jobs and employment effects for diverse biorefineries

In California, self-reported direct employment at corn grain ethanol facilities ranges from 35 to 45 people per plant.

Normally, ethanol plants operate 24/7/7 with 4 shift teams.  More people are on the Daylight Shift when incoming and outgoing materials are handled and when routine maintenance and QC are done. Each work shift is typically 9 hours, with ~1/2 hour overlap for hand-off between shifts.  The 4th shift team fills-in as needed for absent members of the other teams, for employee training, to cover vacations/holidays, and for emergencies.

This does not include non-plant employees or contractors such as crop farming and product truck drivers, security, on-farm people, specialized construction, repair and maintenance people, suppliers, waste disposal/recycle services, public relations, or regulatory compliance.

Also not included are secondary or tertiary jobs created in the nearby communities such as hospitality and food service providers, insurance, utility providers, housing and family related employment in the schools, hospitals and other public sector jobs.

For free-standing corn ethanol plants in the Midwest, the overall indirect job count has been projected to be 5X to10X the direct job count.

James Latty (Mendota Beet Energy LLC)

How many jobs in a typical ethanol facility?

Energy-beet- to-ethanol plants in California will have a few more employees than conventional corn-ethanol plants.  For each plant of the size that Mendota Bioenergy currently envisions the Daylight Shift team's employee requirements will be:• 4 operating technicians/operators• 1 mechanical technician• 2 laboratory technicians• 1 clerk• 1 shift manager• 3 office staff including a bookkeeper, a shipping/receiving clerk and a plant/personnel

manager 

The three non-Daylight Shift team's employee requirements will be:• 2 operating technicians/operators• 1 laboratory technician• 1 clerk• 1 shift manager

All team members will be sufficiently cross-job trained to fill-in for other operating members when needed. The total in-plant head count would be 27 people per plant.

For free-standing corn ethanol plants in the Midwest, the overall indirect job count has been projected to be 5X to10X the direct job count. Therefore, it is realistic to project that the Mendota Bioenergy whole-beet-to-ethanol business could create a total of 135 to 270 direct and indirect jobs in California's San Joaquin Valley per facility.

James Latty (Mendota Beet Energy LLC)

Potential jobs at an energy beet to ethanol facility (size: 10-15 mg/y)

Ethanol exports and imports for US. The US exports more ethanol to Brazil than it imports, except for California, which uses 30% or more of all Brazilian sugarcane ethanol imports. (USDA-ERS)

U.S. ethanol imports enter the country primarily on either the East Coast (PADD 1) or West Coast (PADD 5). West Coast imports of ethanol averaged 30% of total U.S. imports. Despite the geographic disadvantage of shipping Brazilian ethanol to the West Coast compared to other U.S. regions, imports into PADD 5 continued to benefit from the advantage that sugarcane ethanol provides in meeting the California LCFS. The California LCFS regulates the carbon intensity (CI) of gasoline and diesel fuels sold in the state. Depending on the production process, Brazilian sugarcane ethanol has among the lowest CI values of any fuels currently available for meeting the LCFS target. http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=16131&src=email

Who is happy about that?

“Wide swaths of Indonesian rain forest have been clearcut in recent years to make way for palm oil plantations. This particular bit

of deforestation is located in a concession belonging to Persada. The palm oil giant Wilmar sold Persada due to the company's

alleged involvement in land grabs. Some companies in Indonesia have sought to distance themselves from the assault on

villagers and the environment perpetrated by many of their counterparts. But supply lines are anything but opaque and it seems

likely that major suppliers like Wilmar continue to get some of their product from companies that pursue questionable practices.”

Der Spiegel on-line. May 2, 2014.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/indonesian-villagers-driven-from-villages-in-palm-oil-land-theft-a-967198.html

Why not use some of California’s land, including now idled land, to produce feedstocks efficiently and create in-state jobs, especially in disadvantaged areas?