Raven Biofuels

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The race to build the first next-generation cellulosic ethanol plants in the United States is on! The plants will be built all over the U.S. and will churn out biofuels made from waste, plant byproducts and woody energy crops. Not an easy task. Government initiatives to increase the use of renewable and alternative fuels in the transportation sector to are fueling the race, with grants subsidies and talks of tax breaks. Lets face it folks no-ones ready to store the cars in long term storage; automobiles and the engines they run on aren't exactly going away anytime soon. And that's why we all need an alternative. Companies are focusing on finding the right recipe to make the cellulosic ethanol production economically feasible. Biofuels are created by converting organic matters into fuel so that mankind can be supplied with energy. The biofuels represent alternative ways to stop using the fossil fuels which are already depleting for the near future. Biofuels include under this designation ethanol, derivatives of plants namely sugar cane, corn oils and vegetables. Nonetheless, not all products made from ethanol can be used to generate power. The agency catering for international energy has concluded that ethanol can be used to supply ten percent of the total amounts of gasoline necessary to mankind starting from 2025, and thirty percent of it until 2050. Until now, the percentage remains relatively low, at about two percent. Lets take a look.

Raven Biofuels International Corp (RVBF.PK)

RVBF was formed to address the unprecedented global demand for clean and renewable energy. The principle focus is production and distribution of high quality fuel-grade cellulosic ethanol. RVBF management has strong financial and operational backgrounds, long-standing relationships specific to the renewable energy sector and are transaction-driven executives capable of structuring and undertaking institutional financings. Raven represents a significant opportunity for investors.

RVBF is positioned for growth in the more evolved and, potentially, more profitable second wave of biofuel companies (cellulosic), or what experts are calling "Biofuels 2.0".

Raven Biofuels Technology

RVBF and its technology partners have been leading the charge to develop technologies and processes that will transform cellulosic waste biomass into renewable fuels. To date we have achieved the following milestones:

$24,000,000 invested in R&D
9 US patents in three principle areas; process patents for separating sugars to make ethanol and high value chemicals, fuel additives and diesel fuel mixtures.
21 International Patents Granted including Europe, Japan, China, India.
Extensive independent testing of technology since 1997 with conclusively positive results.
The technology that RVBF has chosen to commercialize is based on Acid Hydrolysis and further proprietary technology which can produce high value specialty chemicals from agriculture waste products, hence reducing the production cost of ethanol below $1.00 per gallon.

The technology is based on a two stage dilutive acid hydrolysis process. It essentially works by breaking down bio matter, such as wood chips, corn stover, and sugarcane bagasse into primary sugar streams that are then converted into a suite of chemicals including ethanol. RVBF management believes this technology is superior to other cellulosic production methods in use today.

Some analysts predict that alternative energies, thus biofuels will supply seven percent of total energy demands for transportation by 2030. Therefore, the energy market will definitely be affected in an irreversible way that will make institutions and government authorities unable to regulate the impact of biofuels. If the government nonetheless, agrees to subsidize firm and thus encourage the distribution of biofuels, then the eco-friendly alternative will stand more chances in becoming the norm.


Worldwide, there are more nations involved and committed to promoting the usage of biofuels against the usage of more traditional fuels.

These countries include Brazil, who occurs to be the biggest producer of ethanol of them all. It produces ethanol mainly from sugar, around half a billion gallons each year of ethanol production.

While it is the largest consumer of fuels on earth at the moment, the US is also the second largest country producing biofuels, just behind Brazil. Thus, the biofuel quantity produced by the European Union amounts for up to four million tons of biofuel. About eighty percent of the amount of biodiesel fuels coming from the EU is obtained from rapeseed; the rest of it comes from soybean oils and well as some palm oil quantity . These sources represent the remaining twenty percent of the production of biofuel in Europe.

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The promise of cellulosic ethanol and the problems with corn based ethanol production has been noted by the officials from the U.S. Department of Energy and officers of Fortune 500 Companies:
Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman: "Although the situation is complex, the bottom line is that we need more energy from all sources. We must use fossil energy, which will continue to dominate world energy supplies for the next several decades at least. We must increase our use of currently available renewable energy technologies like solar and wind power and develop new ones like cellulosic ethanol, which could offer a more cost competitive alternative transportation fuel than ethanol currently produced from corn..."

Deputy Energy Secretary Clay Sell:

"I'm not going to predict what the price of corn is going to do, but I will tell you the future of biofuels is not based on corn"

Andy Karsner - Assistant Energy Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy:

"You mentioned a concern over the cost of food. Until now, most ethanol has been produced from corn. But President Bush.s Biofuels Initiative provides leadership and funding for developing what we call cellulosic ethanol - ethanol produced from non-edible portions of food and agricultural waste. The President.s Biofuels Initiative aims to make cellulosic ethanol cost competitive with gasoline by 2012 . and this isn.t just pie in the sky; we're funding major projects that will help get us there."

Beth Lowery, GM.s Vice President of Environment, Energy and Safety Policy:

"We continue to believe that biofuels, specifically E85, is the most significant thing we can do in the near-term to offset future energy demands..We are on target to make 50 percent of our vehicles flex-fuel capable by 2012 providing the infrastructure is in place...

We believe ethanol used as fuel, not just as a gasoline additive, is the best near-term alternative to surging global demand for oil because ethanol is renewable and it reduces CO2 emissions compared to gasoline."

The analyst report noted that in the BioFuels Journal, GM stated that it would offer 18 flexible fuel vehicles (FFV) in the model year 2009, including a range of models in the Chevrolet, GMC, Cadillac, Hummer and Buick lines. GM vehicles represent approximately 3 million of the 7 million FFV in the U.S. The article also estimates that there are 1,600 E85 stations in the U.S., representing progress in the development of the requisite ethanol infrastructure.

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Raven Biofuels International Corp (RVBF.PK) could be a great play rolling into 2010, it's a hot sector with the wind at its back.

Put your limit orders in and your trailing stops to protect your downside. I will be getting more into this with all of you over the holidays. I know that some of you are new and it's key that you protect your capital when trading.

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