# Presentation: 690595

## Biodiesel WorkshopBrookhaven National labUpton, LIMay 2, 2008

- Eugene A. Johnson
- Director – Business Development
- Empire State Development Corporation
- (212) 803-3232
- gjohnson@empire.state.ny.us

- Sustainability Initiative

## What does ESDC Do?We try to make a difference creating & retaining jobs in NY State!

- Sustainability Initiative

- -grow jobs
- -attract businesses to New York State
- -help existing businesses expand
- -assist businesses with regulation, energy & training
- -help connect to Federal, State & Local resources
- -encourage green initiatives, new & sustainable technologies

## ESD’s role with Businesses?

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- Idea           Testing              Trial           Product Launch          Sales

- entrepreneur
- patent
- gadget
- widget

- will it work
- features & benefits
- get the bugs out
- build a ‘process’

- business plan (sba)
- financing (VC or equity $$)
- plant or factory

- sustainable brand
- production
- marketing
- financing
- HR – people

- success
- new products
- new markets
- growth
- expansion

***NY State Help?***

## ESD Assistance

- Loans
- Grants
- Tax considerations
- Interface w/Cities, Counties & Federal Agencies
- Interface w/Other State Entities

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## A Green Consciousness

- Putting a stake in the ground – starting green somewhere (energy, waste, peer-pressure)
- We have no choice (explosive global growth)
- Common catalyst: economics
- Greening  requires prudence, at a premium?
- Green Product continuum (process, product, packaging, waste)
- Over time, normal & green will equalize
- Green Ideas abound, getting in the green game

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## Gov.  Paterson’s Renewable Energy Task Force

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- As Lt. Gov. David Paterson headed the comprehensive NY State Energy Task Force
- April 10, 2008, now Governor Paterson announced an Executive Order to establish a State Energy Planning Board
- Some of the Initiatives are as follows:

## Gov.  Paterson’s Renewable Energy Task Force

- $1 billion, 10-year “efficiency Long Island”
- promote natural gas efficiency measures to reduce electricity demand 15% below projected levels by 2015

*Demand* Side:

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*Supply* Side:

- Seek alternative natural gas supply proposals (pipe & LNG)
- Major solar power RFP for Long Island
- Streamline Article 10 process
- Develop a strategy for NY’s wind & solar potential

- review state policies and regulations affecting development of renewable and       alternative energy
- develop incentives to attract clean energy industries to economically depressed regions of the state.
- Identify promising areas for state research and development

*Other* Task-Force Initiatives:

## NY State Green Initiatives

- Green Bldg. Tax Credits (NYDEC)
- LIPA Clean Energy Initiatives
- Empire Zones (4 on LI)
- NYSERDA Initiatives

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## Active LI Green Initiatives

- Stony Brook – CEWIT LEED Platinum Cert.
- Energy Star Homebuilding on LI
- BNL Ctr. Functional Nanoscience LEED Gold Cert.
- Advanced Energy Systems – Medford (accelerator technology)

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## Biodiesel – what is it?

- Biodiesel – is generally _manufactured from vegetable or animal fats_. It differs from petroleum or diesel, a fossil (carbon) fuel.  Biodeisel can be burned 100% or blended in part with petro-diesel as fuel for engines, boilers, or other combustion equipment that have traditionally used petro-diesel. The key benefit is biodiesel (a biomass fuel) burns 78% cleaner than traditional petro-diesel fuels and is renewable.

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## Biodiesel – it works!

- Biomass comes in many forms (can you say French fry or egg roll - *feedstock*)
- Process involves logistics (transportation)
- Reformulation of oils to biodiesel
- A burgeoning industry
- Minimal engine modification
- Significant emissions benefits

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## Biodiesel Projects on Long Island

- Island Biofuel (cooking oil) Center Moriches – B-20 Heating & BioDiesel Fuel
- Fred Schildwachter (soybean oil)
- Tri-State Biodiesel (cooking oil)
- RWA Resource Recovery (waste cooking oil)

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## W I I FM

- ‘Green’ Tag
- Tax Credits
- NYSERDA
- ESDC
- Empire Zone Projects
- NY-EDC

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## Contacts:

- ESDC Long Island Regional Office (631) 435-0717
- NYSERDA NY City: (212) 971-5342
- LIPA CEI: (800) 692-2626
- I can ‘PDF’ the Task Force summary (e-mail address) 2 U
- Thanx for this wonderful opportunity!
- Question?

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- Be a Green ***Leader***