20 February 2013
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Chromatin Inc.
and Aemetis, Inc.
have entered into a multi-year agreement
to source locally-grown grain sorghum.
Under the agreement,
Chromatin Inc. will engage local growers to plant
its hybrid grain sorghum on up to 30,000 acres, and
Aemetis will use that sorghum in its Keyes, CA, USA. facility
to produce advanced biofuels.
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Why Sorghum
- Sorghum is a high yield, nutrient use efficient
and drought tolerant crop that can be cultvated
over 80 % of the world agricutural land.
- Sorghum's rich generic diversity allows for
multiple specialized uses including the following
* Grain Sorghum
* Forage Sorghum
* Sweet Sorghum
- Sorghum required fewer nutrients and
far less water than other crops like
sugarcane or corn.
- As water resources become more valuable and
as growing populations require
more productivity from low quality land.
- Sorghum is a crop poised
to meet the growing need for both
traditional agriculture and bio-industrial processes.
- Sorghum's drought tolerance
* Heavy wax layer, smaller stomates
* Extensive root system
* Perfect flowers
* Slows or hastens maturity under stress
Chromatin Inc., USA.
- Chromatin delivers high quality sorghum seeds and
can customize sorghum to adapt to specific local conditions
and meet the product needs of various markets.
- This agreement with Aemetis is an important step in
Chromatin's commitment to market
high quality sorghum hybrids for the production of
advanced biofuels feedstock.
- Chromatin is pleased to partner with Aemetis,
who has already demonstrated that
using sorghum can provide
consideraton advantage for ethanol production.
Aemetis Inc., USA.
- By using locally grown sorghum,
Aemetis is expecting to further
* reduce its carbon footprint and
* enhance its stability of its supply chains.
California-grown sorghum has proven to be
cost competitive and energy efficient.
- Aemetis is the first global licensee of
the Cheveron Lummus Global Biofuels
ISOCONVERSION process
to produce 100 % replacement jet and diesel fuel
from plant and algal oil.
-Aemetis operates a 55 million gallon per year
renewable ethanol production in Keyes, CA, USA.
- Aemetis operates a 50 million gallon per year of
integrated chemical and fuel production facility in
Kakinada, India.
With 3 refining units
* Biodiesel is sold as a chemical in the textile and
fuel markets.
* Glycerin has multiple applications such as
a specialty chemical in paint, textile, cosmetic and
medical industries
* Edible Oil are sold into the Indian food market,
mainly to industrial bakers and olien refiners.
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