Sponsors
Gold & Reception Sponsor
The staff at Delta-T custom designs every project with its unique business plan in mind. Delta-T has commercialized the High Efficiency Dryer (HED), which captures and recycles water and energy; its part of the dryer emissions solution by destroying a significant amount of its own VOCs. Delta-T’s grain fractionation system, DST, can be retrofitted onto an existing facility and transforms it into a biorefinery with additional co-products while reducing the process’ energy and water needs. The design features of a Delta-T plant have the smallest environmental footprint and high performance details that reduce maintenance, improve reliability and operability.
For more information, visit www.deltatcorp.com/.
Silver Sponsors
Cereal Process Technologies is an industry leader that provides Corn Dry Fractionation technology to the dry grind ethanol industry. The CPT proven, patented corn milling process produces three products - DDC, germ and bran. DDC (degermed, debranned, corn) is a high starch feed for the ethanol plant. Germ and bran are high value coproducts. CPT provides a turnkey fractionation facility for the customer that is placed upstream of the ethanol plant. Corn from storage is conveyed to the plant and the three products leave the facility as DDC, germ and bran. The ethanol plant achieves higher throughput and better performance because the DDC contains more fermentable starch and less nonfermentables. The plant runs more efficiently because much of the fat and fiber is removed prior to the ethanol plant. CPT has recently started up a 49 mm bushel/yr fractionation plant at the Renew Energy Ethanol facility in Jefferson, WI.
For more information, visit www.cerealprocess.com/.
Frazier Barnes & Associates Consulting (FBA) is a Technical and Marketing Consulting Services formed in 1996 to provide a broad range of services to producers and independent processors in the agricultural industry. FBA is committed to renewable fuels an has expertise in both ethanol and biodiesel. FBA is experienced in taking projects from concept to completion. As an industry innovator in value-added agricultural and biofuels project development, FBA offers four broad categories of service: technical and operations support, project development and commercialization, management and marketing support, and research and development.
For more information, visit www.frazierbarnes.com.
ICM sustains agriculture through innovation by engineering, building and supporting the industry's leading ethanol plants.
For more information, visit www.icminc.com.
Luminate provides advisory services to lenders, investors, developers, and owners in the energy industry, and specializes in complete due diligence, project finance independent engineering, and owner’s advisory services. We assist with the development, financing, acquisition, divestiture, and monitoring of construction, start-up, and operations of power, biofuel, and other large industrial energy projects. Luminate provides services to the world’s largest project finance banks and lenders, institutional investors, equity investors, ag-banks, public and private developers, and utilities and municipalities. Luminate is a leader in providing independent engineering services to the ethanol and biofuels industries, having reviewed 3.5 billion gallons per year in capacity. We have reviewed over 40 new and operating biofuel projects, including dry and wet mills, a variety of feedstocks, all primary technology providers, and emerging technologies. Luminate has provided independent and owner’s engineering services in support of the development, evaluation, financing, and monitoring of numerous power projects and portfolios totaling nearly 15 GW. Our veteran staff has over 60 GW of new construction and operating power generation experience around the world, including nearly every conventional and renewable technology and fuel.
For more information, visit www.luminatellc.com/.
Primafuel actively deploys energy solutions based on a continually advancing portfolio of infrastructure projects and technology platforms. Primfuel solutions are focused on improving the economic, environmental, and social sustainability of low-carbon fuels.
For more information, visit www.primafuelsolutions.com.
Stoel Rives' Biofuels Group has counseled developers and investors 30-120 mgy ethanol and biodiesel production facilities throughout the nation. We recently represented VeraSun Energy Corporation in its $420 million initial public offering. Additionally, our Technology Ventures Group assists promising new ventures, advising the best new technology companies with a unique combination of legal knowledge and business, entrepreneurial and financial experience. Our Western U.S. practice has been strengthened by the addition of a new office in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
For more information, visit www.stoel.com.
Bronze Sponsor
Buhler’s vision is to provide solutions to produce food, feed and renewable energy from grain and biomass resources. Through our unique combination of process know-how and equipment portfolio, including our Selective Milling™ Corn Fractionation technology, feed milling solutions and DDG pelleting process, we have what it takes to make it all possible.
For more information, visit www.buhlergroup.com.
Supporting Sponsors
Ascendant Partners provides a broad base of professional consulting services to food, agribusiness and renewable energy organizations designed to help you take your business to the next level. Whether you're seeking to understand the risk and opportunities associated with new business ventures or relationships, or to create break-through performance improvement in an existing organization, Ascendant Partners can help you improve the odds of success.
For more information, visit www.ascendantpartners.com.
At Baker & McKenzie, we have worked on landmark renewable energy transactions throughout the US and in Asia Pacific, Latin America, the Middle East and Europe. We have represented developers, lenders and investors in all aspects of the renewable energy industry including solar, windpower, biofuels, carbon and climate change, geothermal, and cleantech transactions. Our attorneys can advise in all phases of project development, including corporate and tax structuring, equity and debt financings, joint ventures, regulatory matters, and environmental issues.
For more information, visit www.bakernet.com.
TD Banknorth Project Finance specializes in providing financing solutions for the development,
acquisition and expansion of power generation, renewable fuels and energy, and related infrastructure
projects throughout North America. Based in the U.S., TD Banknorth Project Finance is part of TD
Banknorth, N.A., a leading banking and financial services company, with over $40 billion in assets.
With our experienced, diverse staff consisting of everyone from engineers to developers to private equity
fund managers, we are uniquely positioned to provide project financing to investors in these increasingly
important business sectors. Whether acting as the sole lender, or as an Agent Bank with a substantial hold
position, we are ready to help you fund your project, whatever the scope and stage it may be in.
For more information, visit www.tdbanknorth.com.
Luncheon Sponsor
Praj is a global Company spread across all 5 continents. It offers innovative solutions to significantly add value in ethanol, bio-diesel and brewery technology and related wastewater treatment systems for customers, worldwide. Praj is a knowledge based company with expertise and experience in Bioprocesses and engineering. Led by an accomplished and caring leadership, Praj is a socially responsible corporate citizen. Listed on the Bombay and National Stock Exchanges of India, its market capitalization exceeds US$ 1 billion.
For more information, visit www.prajschneider.com.