Energizing the Valley
Biomass Resources in California
Outline:
Part 1: Biomass resources; crop-based biorefineries
Part 2: Jobs and employment estimates
http://biomass.ucdavis.edu
Aemetis, Keyes, CA;
55mgy
Calgren, Pixley CA; 60
mgy
Stockton; 60 mgy
Pacific Ethanol
Madera; 40 mgy
California Biodiesel Facilities, 30 -40
mgy
Business Name/Location
Contact
Phone
WebSite
Baker Commodities Los Angeles
4020 Bandini Blvd
Vernon
,CA 90058
Doug Smith
323-200-4659
www.bakercommodities.com
BQ9000 Status
RFS
Status
Plant Capacity
Last Reported
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, LLC Russell Teall, JD
U.S. Naval Base Ventura, National
Environmental Test Site
Port Hueneme
,CA 93043
805-683-8103
www.biodico.com
10,000,000
11/2012
Community Fuels
809-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
323 826 9753
www.geogreen.com
01/2013
Imperial Western
Curtis Wright
Products 86600 54th Ave
Coachella
,CA 92236
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
Group
LEVON
323-726-1966
01/2013
Bakersfield
,CA 93311
GeoGreen Biofuels, Inc.
6011 Malburg Way
Vernon
,CA 90058
Eric Lauzon
01/2013
4426 East Washington Blvd Commerce
,CA 90040
TERMENDZHYAN
North Star
Biofuels, LLC
860 W. Beach
Street
Watsonville
,CA 95076
Simple Fuels
James Levine
510 350 4102
James Lutch
530-993-6000
750,000
www.simplefuels.com
01/2013
1,000,000
Biodiesel, Inc.
93232 Highway
70
Chilcoot
,CA 96105
Yokayo Biofuels, Kumar Plocher
Inc.
350 Orr Springs
Road
Ukiah ,CA 95482
877-806-0900
www.ybiofuels.org
500,000
01/2013
Estimated jobs and employment effects for diverse biorefineries
How many jobs in a typical ethanol facility?
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)
Potential jobs at an energy beet to ethanol facility (size: 10-15 mg/y)
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)
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-oilland-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?