Mr. Keith Addison Mr. Ryan Grace Dear Mr. Addison and Mr. Grace:
At our Foundation, Sugar Cane Research Org., we have identified five areas of industrial conversion of sugar cane to renewable energies for our research portfolio of 2004: 1- Fuel Ethanol. A micro distilleriy with a capacity of 1,000 liters ethanol/day is scheduled to begin operations within 60 days. This distillery will be set up to demonstrate how to produce fuel ethanol with the minimum capital costs and maximum industrial efficiency, by the implementation of the HS/LE Fermentatio Process, the most advanced and economical process ever developed to this date. Honduras could look at fuel ethanol as the renewable fuel that might completely replace gasoline in spark ignited vehicular engines. Several automobile manufacturers already offer Variable Fuel vehicles that can use blends containg as much as 85% ethanol; Neat Ethanol cars have been manufactured in Brazil for quite a long time, where you do not need a single drop of gasooline. 2- E-Diesel. A laboratory and pilot plant will be set up to develop a process to produce a Diesel Oil renewable substitute. Worldwide there is some experience already with blends of 90% Diesel-10% Ethanol, however, our goal is to substanatially increse the ethanol component. I think we've got the right idea already. 3- Bio-gas. A Bio-gas plant for anaerobic generation from sugar cane and other agricultural wastes is our number 3 Renewable Energy Project for 2004. We count with the help of an specialist in this field with some 18 years of experience, who has put up a few dozen Bio-gas plantas in Colombia and in other South American countries. Our project will feature the combined production cycle of: Bio-gas + Fertilizer + Milk, in a closed-loop fashion. 4- Combustible gas by thermal decomposition of biomass. A biomass gasification plant to use sugar cane trash, bagasse and other crop residues will be set up to demonstrate the feasibility of conversion of biomass to an internal combustion gaseous engine fuel. 5- Solid fuel briquettes from biomass. There are several countries around the world that have already succeeded in the production of Bagasse Coal for domestic use. We intend to join in with a small demonstration project. The complementary part of the above projects rely on our GADA Sugar Cane Production System (*) to supply maximum amounts of sugar cane, bagasse and trash per Hectare, which translate into the capacity to produce the equivalent of >20,000 liters of ethanol/Ha/ /12 months + 36 MT bagasse + 36 MT trash, while: * Sustaining high productivity of cane plants to 10, 20 and even 30 ratoons - no more replanting fields following 4 or 5 ratoons. We can show sugar cane fields 20 and 30 years old still producing >150 MT cane/Ha/13 months with high factory sugar yields, * Using minimal applications of chemical fertilizers por crop, usually as low as only 2 kg. N-P-K formulas per MT of harvested cane. * Reduced irrigation Vs. convential furrow irrigation, * Elimination of Glyphosphate-based ripening agents by just using good fertilization management, * Recovering low fertility soils, * Building up organic matter content in soils, * Recovering soils of high salts content due to continued deposition of minerals from irrigation water. We would welcome a scheduled visit to Colombia by Agronomists from Honduras to visit some of the 2,500 Hectares cultivated by the GADA Sugar Cane Production System, which consistently delivers yields in the range of 150 to190 MT cane/Ha/13 months, should you be interested in seeking consultancy from our Foundation. Also, the HS/LE Fermentation Process is available from us. We can certainly lend Honduras a big hand in reaching the country's renewable energy goals. We look forward to your comments, and beg to remain, Sincrely, Luis R. Calzadilla VP Operations Fundaci˜n Sugar Cane Research Org. (A non-for-profit research entity) Cali, Colombia Tel (572) 893-6627 557-0627 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] (*) The GADA Sugar Cane Production System was developed during more than 15 years of dedication and hard work, by Dr. G. Dom“nguez, Founder and President of Fundaci˜n Sugar Cane Research Org. Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/index.php?list=biofuel Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
