The Ethanol Producer Magazine is out for October 2010 and they have a recap of recent GreenShift events:
Fourteen ethanol plants and two technology/manufacturing companies named in a patent infringement lawsuit will have their cases tried in the Southern District of Indiana after a U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation ruled that the cases will be consolidated. GreenShift Corp. and its subsidiary, GS CleanTech Corp., are suing ethanol plants in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota for allegedly infringing on its patented corn oil extraction technology. Also being sued are ICM Inc. and GEA Westfalia Separator Inc. GreenShift announced Aug. 17 that it has settled the lawsuit with one ethanol plant, Center Ethanol LLC of Sauget, Ill. The company entered into a license agreement for use of GreenShift’s patented corn oil extraction process.
SEE HERE
Halfway down the page
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Also Interesting: Ethanol price surge continues. "This could help to spark widespread investment buying in both the energy and ethanol markets over the next several weeks and months."
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And See this new potential Competition? Wonder why they refuse to be named for the article?
"The 52 MMgy ethanol plant conducting tests on MSC system’s coproducts, which declined to be named for this article, began operating Fluid-Quip’s system a year ago."
Ethanol Producer Magazine lists only four plants with a 52MMgy capacity HERE
Coon Rapids, IA; Sterling, CO; Utica, WI; Hastings NE.
At the Fluid-Quip web site they appear to back off actual corn oil extraction and describe it as a separate option here:
"Oil can be recovered during the evaporation process using an oil recovery centrifuge. The stream has minimal protein content compared with traditional streams so much less emulsion is created. Because of this, oil recovery is significantly improved when recovering oil while using the MSC process. The remaining syrup is added to the DDG as in traditional operation."
SkunK
Friday, September 24, 2010
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http://www.zeropointcleantech.com/company
"ZeroPoint biomass gasification system certified by TUV Sud
September 22, 2010
ZeroPoint Clean Tech, Inc. today announced that its ground breaking Renewable CHP Solution biomass gasification system has been certified by TUV Sud to be in full compliance with European Union-Atex manufacturing standards. TUV Sud is a globally recognized testing, inspection and certification organization. The approval clears the way for the ZeroPoint Renewable CHP Solution to be imported and operated in the Republic of Germany and other locations within the European Union. The system is expected to ship to Germany from the locations within the European Union. The system is expected to ship to Germany from the ZeroPoint contract manufacturing facility near Bufallo, NY in early October."
Sounds like the fluid quip system is in addition to an existing COES. Maybe complementary and not so much a competition?
Skunkman, you in there?
Green Plains just bought Global Ethanol! (now has 12 licensed COES)
I think GPRE will buy this plant in Pratt, Kansas next...(another licensed COES)
http://messages.finance.yahoo.com/Stocks_%28A_to_Z%29/Stocks_G/threadview?m=tm&bn=77822&tid=29488&mid=29488&tof=1&frt=2
Wow you're right! That makes GPRE a 657 million gallon per year GERS customer.
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