Ethanol Plants in NY, LA and IA

Cindy Zimmerman

Governor George E. Pataki announced nearly $6 million in State funding to assist Western New York Energy in the development of the first state-of-the-art dry mill ethanol plant in New York State. The $87.4 million facility is to be located on 144 acres in the Town of Shelby, Orleans County.

BioEnergy International, a privately held, biotechnology company headquartered in Norwell, Massachusetts, announced that it has commenced site work on its first biorefinery, a 108 million gallon per year ethanol plant located on land leased from the Lake Providence Port Commission in East Carroll Parish, Louisiana.

VeraSun Energy broke ground on its third ethanol biorefinery in Charles City, Iowa over the weekend. When complete, the biorefinery will produce 110 million gallons of ethanol and 353,000 tons of distillers dried grains (DDGs) annually from 39 million bushels of corn.

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PG&E Luncheon Keynote Speech

Chuck Zimmerman

Robert HowardOur keynote speaker at lunch today was Robert Howard, VP of Corporate Planning and Logistics for Pacific Gas & Electric Company.

I have his speech for you here. I started recording just after he started. He starts out talking about partnerships and what companies like Honda are doing. He says that PG&E’s goal is to be the best clean air fleet in the country.

You can hear his speech here: Listen To MP3 Robert Howard Speech (11 min MP3)

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What’s New From Honda

Chuck Zimmerman

Honda GroupAs I mentioned in an earlier post today, American Honda Company unveiled a new alternative fuel vehicle. It’s the 2006 Civic GX NG. Pictured second from the right in this group of Honda representatives is Gunnar Lindstrom. Gunnar emceed today’s awards luncheon and I’ll have more on those later.

I interviewed Gunnar about what’s new from Honda in the alternative fuels arena. Besides the new Civic he says they’ve got lots of plans to continue their support for fuel efficient vehicles.

You can hear my interview with him here: Listen To MP3 Gunnar Lindstrom Interview (4 min MP3)

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Hearing From The Media

Chuck Zimmerman

Robert Jay GordonRight now there are numerous workshops and sessions taking place here at the Congress. I wish I could cover them all. Pictured here is Robert Jay Gordon, President/Co-Publisher of The Auto Channel. He’s taking part in a session with several reporters from various publications.

While I was there they were doing a little Q & A with the participants and it was getting lively.

I want to say a special thank you to Bob because he featured a link to Domestic Fuel on his website in a story they did on the Congress. So please visit his site and learn all about the auto industry.

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Leading The Way

Chuck Zimmerman

James BoydJames Boyd is a member of the California Energy Commission and he took the stage to talk about how California is “Leading The Way.”

I got to talk with him just before the morning session kicked off. He says that California is often cast in a leadership role in the quest to move to alternative energy.

He explains some of the things his Commission is doing in light of the Governator’s request for a biofuels plan.

You can hear his speech here: Listen To MP3 James Boyd Interview (4 min MP3)

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Dr. Robert Hirsch On Peak Oil

Chuck Zimmerman

Dr. Robert HirschOn this morning’s agenda was Dr. Robert Hirsch, Senior Program Advisor, Science Applications International Corporation.

Hirsch’s talk is titled, “Peak Oil – And Then What?”

He starts out explaining what he means by peaking. His presentation included slides which I don’t have so keep that in mind as you listen

You can hear his speech here: Listen To MP3 Dr. Robert Hirsch Speech (22 min MP3)

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Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon

Chuck Zimmerman

Phoenix Mayor Phil GordonWelcoming everyone to the Clean Cities Congress this morning was Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon.

Gordon talks about how the city is involved in using alternative fuels.

He also said that he would appreciate us doing a little shopping while we’re here too.

You can hear his speech here: Listen To MP3 Mayor Phil Gordon Speech (5 min MP3)

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AFVI Executive Director

Chuck Zimmerman

Annalloyd ThomasonThe lady who is making it all happen here in Phoenix is the Executive Director of the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Institute. She’s Annalloyd Thomason. Actually, I’m sure she’ll say it was a lot of effort from a lot of people. But she’s been in constant motion since I’ve been here working the radio and making sure everything is running smoothly.

On the stage this morning Annalloyd welcomed the Congress participants.

You can hear her speech here: Listen To MP3 Annalloyd Thomason Speech (6 min MP3)

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Senator McCain Speech

Chuck Zimmerman

Senator John McCainRather than add this link to the full speech by Senator McCain to that last post I thought I’d just do another one for you.

Introducing the Senator is Arizona state representative, Jeff Groscost.

The speech is a little long for posting but I think you’ll want to hear what a very influential government leader has to say about the industry. Listen To MP3 Senator John McCain Speech (22 min MP3)

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