Web exclusive posted March 25, 2009, at 2:19 p.m. CST
New Generation Biofuels Holdings Inc. has signed a 12-month contract to supply Delta Chemical Corp. of Baltimore with up to 371,000 gallons of renewable biofuels for its Cleaver-Brooks lead boiler. This contract will fulfill approximately 50 percent of Delta Chemical's annual energy consumption needs. Testing was completed successfully in mid-March with deliveries from New Generation Biofuels' new Baltimore production facility to begin in early April.
"We are very pleased to announce that our first sales contract in the Baltimore area is with Delta Chemical Corp., which has taken a positive step towards renewable and sustainable energy by electing to use our renewable biofuel to meet its energy needs," said Cary Claiborne, chief executive officer and chief financial officer of New Generation Biofuels. "Our biofuel has demonstrated significant overall greenhouse gas emission reductions as well as local air pollution reductions including nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide compared to distillate fuel oil and this contract win will contribute to establishing our brand as an alternative to fossil fuel in the industrial heating market."
"Working with New Generation Biofuels is important to Delta Chemical as we strive to understand alternative energy sources in the face of an uncertain future regulatory environment," said John Besson, president of Delta Chemical.
New Generation brought its first 5 MMgy production facility on-line in late February at the port location of Atlantic Terminaling in Baltimore. New Generation describes its fuel as a second-generation biofuel manufactured using a proprietary emulsification process to stabilize oil-based feedstocks rather than the transesterification process used in biodiesel production.
New Generation Biofuels is targeting large stationary power generators, commercial processors and marine transportation markets for its biofuels. According to the company, the Baltimore facility can expand up to 50 MMgy as the market grows.
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"New Generation begins commissioning facility."