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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Thanks for the information Frank. I believe that with all
great new movements in any nascent industries there is a lot of apprehension
and a wait and see attitude before you jump in. Especially in
Missouri our motto of “show me” if it really is going to be another
dot.com phenomenon or a viable and profitable business opportunity is probably at
work. Making the transition from a demonstration to production facility
is a difficult task from a technical, financial and infrastructure
standpoint. Providing an atmosphere of cooperation and support by local
and state governments and even federal assistance to reputable firms that have
the technological background and deep pockets to make this happen is essential
in success. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>We are working on a full blown production facility with Abengoa
in Kansas where they will be using corn stover as a feed stock initially, and
potentially switch grass or other biomass. I am very excited about the
opportunity for my company <a href="http://www.roeslein.com">www.roeslein.com</a>
because it means Mo. jobs for my staff of Engineers and manufacturing
enterprises. I am also very nervous about this opportunity because I am a
conservationist, hunter, part time farmer and lover of wildlife. The
prospect of converting millions of acres of our remaining marginal land into
monolithic plantings of switch grass so thick that a razorback hog couldn’t get
thru it makes me really nervous and concerned for where this industry is
headed. I have spent the last three years studying various options and
believe that the most cited expert in this field of biomass for energy
conversion is Dr. David Tilman and his associates at the university of
Minnesota. They have been working on the biodiversity of plants and how
that diversity affects wildlife for over 20 years. After studying this
subject now for three years and just having spent this weekend with one of the
people conducting much of the field studies I believe that the biodiversity of our
prairie can provide the yields and returns that this industry needs when all
cost factors and benefits are considered. I am working with some of the Ethanol
process providers to try to get them to seriously review the data and
facts that help them make informed decisions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I have learned from working with the very large companies that
have the capability to make this investment that there is a hierarchy of
purchasing priorities that seem to drive their decisions. They place
certainty of supply at the top of their priorities and it is the uncertainty of
supply of reliable biomass feed stock that will place states that have a well
thought out plan in the front running of this new industry. The second
priority in this hierarchy is usually quality and this will be no
different. The consistency and quality of the feed stock to give the
producers what they need will play a major role in their selection of the supply
chain. The third item and not the least will be price. Consistent
reliable pricing not subject to huge commodity price fluctuations will play a
major role in the success of this industry.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>How can Missouri Participate in this up and coming, exciting new
Industry??<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I believe that the state needs a clear and comprehensive assessment
of our current energy alternatives, and what we will need in the future. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Alternative energy and the prospects of using our 18 million
acres of fescue grazing or marginal CRP that has not been planted into
productive prairie plantings should be considered as a potential source of
biomass material. The studies by Dr. Tilman clearly, and by the way unbiased
data, supports that when all input costs and environmental benefits are
considered, a biodiverse mixture of grasses and forbs provide the best long
term solution to this opportunity. This also just happens to be the best
long term solution to sustainable and renewable resource use while also helping
wildlife, water quality and storage, as well as soil erosion issues. Missouri
was once one of the most productive prairies in world, producing million of
tons of biomass and turning that into protein. It could be again. With
the right financial incentives and opportunities in an exciting new industry
Missouri could be one of the leading producers of reliable and consistent
biomass feedstock that would not need fertilizers or pesticides or deep well
irrigation. This may upset the current agricultural paradigms, but it has
been demonstrated and documented by the leading scientific experts in the use
of our former prairies. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I finally received permission to reprint and or send electronically
several studies performed by the University of Minnesota for their state on
this subject and I believe that our state could take a page or even several out
of this effort to establishing our own policy and direction in this exciting
new field. I would encourage you all to read it and if any of the
attached are policy makers or have influence in our state policy I would
encourage you to get informed and learn as much as you can and help us go in
the right direction with the right technology and use our natural resources
wisely. I have tried to become informed so that I could make the right
decisions on working with process providers that have a viable and exciting
future. I have been approached by all sorts of magic potion doctors that
claim they can make energy out of anything from poop to air and water.
Most of them are just looking for a quick buck and a free lunch, but there are
no free lunches and I hope for my grandchildren’s sake that we have enough wise
and intelligent people in our state to sort out the rat shit from the raisins.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I am including the Readers Digest version because the files are
quite large. If any of you want the full blown version of the Minnesota
study I will be happy to send it to you either by hard copy or email of your computer
can handle the file size. Happy reading.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:black'>Rudi Roeslein</span></i></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Frank Oberle
[mailto:foberle@nemr.net] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, January 31, 2010 9:53 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Rudi Roeslein<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Eddie Hamill; bob & dorris sherrick; Bob Ball; JR Flores; Steve
Mowry; Jon Wingo; Doug Ladd; Carol Davit; Dwaine Gelnar; Gerald Hrdina; Allen
Powell; Steve Flick; Bill McGuire; Amy Hamilton; George Seek; Ben Duffield; jim
and betty grace; Wayne Morton; Tim Reinbott; Jerry Kaiser; Mervin Wallace;
staceyg@missouri.edu; Karen Brinkman; Amy Buechler; Kevin Carpenter; Lisa
Allen; Lorna Domke<br>
<b>Subject:</b> B-Cap<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h1><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Planners,
I believe this endeavor by DuPont exemplifies the potential opportunities that
could be envisioned and implemented here in Missouri. We could use our
innovative talents and combined environmental resources to improve the quality
of life for our depressed rural communities while immensely developing better
wildlife habitat. fo <o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<h1><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2010/01/29/metrics-for-cellulosic-ethanol-surface-as-dupont-danisco-launches-its-demonstration-plant/"
title="http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2010/01/29/metrics-for-cellulosic-ethanol-surface-as-dupont-danisco-launches-its-demonstration-plant/ CTRL + Click to follow link">New
metrics for cellulosic ethanol – DuPont Danisco launches its demonstration
plant</a><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2010/01/29/metrics-for-cellulosic-ethanol-surface-as-dupont-danisco-launches-its-demonstration-plant/ddce/"><span
style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=300 height=201
id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CAA353.2270EEC0"
alt="The DuPont Danisco cellulosic ethanol plant in Vonore, Tennessee"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=wp-caption-text><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The
DuPont Danisco cellulosic ethanol plant in Vonore, Tennessee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>In Tennessee, Dupont
Danisco <span style='background:yellow'>Cellulosic Ethanol will officially open
its 250,000 gallon demonstration facility in Vonore</span>, and the first one
dedicated to converting both agricultural residue and bioenergy crops to fuel
ethanol. The facility has initiated start-up and began producing ethanol in
mid-January. The facility is focused on process and data validation to achieve
commercial scale production by 2012. The plant is using corn cobs as a
feedstock today, <span style='background:yellow'>and will begin to integrate
switchgrass grown primarily in Tennessee later this year.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>“A perfect storm made this
happen,” DDCE CEO Joe Skurla told the DIgest. “Governor Bredesen’s vision, plus
our need to put in a demonstrate plant. To start in October 2008 and to have a
plant complete and started up – I’ve seen a lot of projects in my time, but
I’ve never seen a team come together and overcome the issues like this one.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Skurla said that final
design for DDCE’s technology will be completed after data is accumulated from
the demonstration plant, and construction will begin in 2011 on the cobs plant,
which is likely to be built in the corn belt.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>To improve the lifecycle
analysis of the plant and increase the reduction in Greenhouse gas emissions,
the plant is burning lignin, recovered from the process, as fuel for the system
in place of natural gas. Lignin is being burned as fuel for the system.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Tennessee Gov. Phil
Bredesen will be on an honored speaker at the event, along with other state,
local, and business dignitaries. The 74,000-square-foot facility has the
capacity to produce <span style='background:yellow'>250,000 gallons of ethanol
from corncobs and switchgrass and is preparing DDCE’s innovative integrated
technology for commercial production by 2012.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Skurla confirmed to the
Digest that conversations are occurring with “several early adopters” in terms
of licensing technologies, and said that the US was a likely first area of
licensing operations although he added that conversations have emerged with
potential parties in Europe, Asia and South America, and said that the
technology would be effective with any region where agricultural residues or
energy crops could be provided at scale. Likely facility size is 50 Mgy in the
near term , <span style='background:yellow'>working off a 35-50 mile radius for
residues and crops</span>. Skurla commented that ultimately the company beeves
it can deploy its technology at 100 Mgy scale.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The model for biomass
aggregation? DDCE pointed to the partnership with Genera Energy, a University
of Tennessee spinout that is developing the logistics for a biomass supply
chain, with a goal of establishing multi-year contracts for energy crops that
would be grown specifically for the cellulosic ethanol facility, and thereby
limit the volatility in feedstock prices that have plagued first-generation
ethanol.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Asked to comment on what
set DDCE apart from other cellulosic ethanol technology licensors, Skurla
identified thre factors: “One, all the technologies under one roof, basic in
fundamental in every aspect, through our parents DuPont, Genencor and Danisco
as well as our own work. Two, our project execution capabilities – that’s the
Dupont and Danisco/Genencor experience in building projects all around the
world. Three, we view this holistically — clients will see us as a partner
rather than just as a licensing company.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";background:yellow'>Metrics?
</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";background:
yellow'>The plant is producing over 85 gallons per ton, and is targeting 90
gallons per ton by the time of its commercial rollout. Capital costs are $5-$6
per gallon of operating capacity, based on the company’s models, and are
expected to reach sub-$5 by the time of the first commercial rollout and
“pushing $4</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:
yellow'>″</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";background:
yellow'> by the time the company has completed “4-5 plants”. The company’s
manufacturing cost is $2 per </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
background:yellow'>gallon, with a goal of reaching $1.50 per gallon, and will
be competitive with $85-$90 oil, and is designed to be competitive without
subsidies or incentives.</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>DDCE was established in
2008 to integrate the state-of-the art technologies and engineering expertise
of DuPont and Danisco, and today is accelerating commercialization of
cellulosic ethanol.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Warren Nevad, executive
director of the Tennessee Renewable Energy and Economic Development Council
said “TREEDC is very proud of the University and the Governor’s revolutionary
vision of making Tennessee the premier leader and business model with
cellulosic ethanol development. TREEDC believes that the eventual
commercialization of this innovative technology to market will be a windfall
for rural communities as they look at ways to bring back jobs and energy
independence to their communities.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Meanwhile </span><span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2010/01/28/business-financial-impact-us-biorefinery-switchgrass-tennessee_7312954.html?boxes=Homepagebusinessnews"
title="http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2010/01/28/business-financial-impact-us-biorefinery-switchgrass-tennessee_7312954.html?boxes=Homepagebusinessnews CTRL + Click to follow link"><span
style='font-size:24.0pt'>Forbes has files an excellent report</span></a></span><span
style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> on the opening,
with a focus also on a local switchgrass grower who said that he planted on 39
acres which were too steep for row crops, such as corn or soybeans. The grower
reported that “switchgrass is extremely slow to germinate” and is less
profitable than row farming but offers superior returns to pasture or hay
ground. UT estimates that 5,600 acres of switchgrass will be cultivated in
Tennessee in 2010.</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.ddce.com/media/100107.html"
title="http://www.ddce.com/media/100107.html CTRL + Click to follow link">More
on the story from DDCE</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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