Sanco Energy, LLC - a step towards energy independence!

Sanco Energy, LLC (the Company) is an early development stage company formed for the purpose of producing an energy efficient green biorefinery. The Company recognizes that biofuels, when properly pursued, not only meet our nation’s energy needs, but also reduce the CO2 emissions associated with global warming. The biorefinery will be a facility that integrates biomass conversion processes and equipment to produce fuels and power. The biorefinery concept is analogous to today's petroleum refinery, which produce multiple fuels and products from petroleum.

The biorefinery will consist of the following components:

Combined heat and power (CHP) 25 MW facility,
Wood pellet 40,000 tons facility,
Aquaculture 4.5 MM LBS. (2,250 short-tons) facility,
Algae-based biodiesel 25.8 MMGY facility and a
Cellulosic wood-based ethanol 25 MMGY facility.

CHP reduces emissions of greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change. Using wood chips optimizes the use of fuels and eliminates the production of CO2. Wood biomass contains very little sulphur and is carbon neutral, which gives it significant environmental advantages over fossil fuels, particularly coal.

The last component of the biorefinery in the Company’s Business Plan, cellulosic ethanol, will be elaborated upon in the future in this website.

The biorefinery will be totally green consisting of five income streams (outputs):

Power and steam,
Wood pellets,
Aquaculture,
Biodiesel and
Ethanol.

There will be two inputs (feedstocks) used at the CHP and biodiesel facilities and again they will be totally green processes:

Wood chips - which will be the fuel input source to create power for the CHP facility that in turn will initially power the CHP facility and provide steam for the aquaculture facility, then ultimately power the biodiesel and ethanol facilities. Wood chips will also be the feedstock used to create wood pellets and
Algae - which will be harvested to create biodiesel with the co-product being press cakes. There are 148 biodiesel production plants operating in the U.S. as of June 2007 (per the National Biodiesel Board). We will be the first large scale algae-based biodiesel plant in the U.S.

By producing multiple products, the Company’s biorefinery will take advantage of the various components in biomass therefore maximizing the value derived from the biomass feedstocks. The Company will use the steam generated in the CHP process that normally dissipates into the air to dry the wood used as the input for the production of wood pellets. Wood chips will also be used as the input to create ethanol once the cellulosic process becomes commercially viable.

A biomass CHP has very high energy efficiency by providing electricity and thermal energy from the same fuel source at the point of use. Furthermore, biomass CHP is one of the most environmentally friendly forms of heat and power generation. CHP reduces emissions of greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change. Using wood chips optimizes the use of fuels and eliminates the production of CO2. Wood biomass contains very little sulphur and is carbon neutral, which gives it significant environmental advantages over fossil fuels, particularly coal.

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