Washington DC Energy & Environmental Funders

Hosting Sponsor:
Andrews Kurth LLP

The Center for Economic and Environmental Partnership, Inc., will sponsor its next Washington, DC Energy & Environmental Funders’ meeting on Friday June 5, 2009.

DC BIODIESEL, based in Washington, D.C., is the first project for DC BIODIESEL, a globally oriented company focused on the conversion of waste products, principally grease and rendered animal by-products, into biodiesel products for transportation, home heating, industrial, and power generation applications. The Company will address the market created by the U.S. Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, which mandated the increased use of biofuels from 5 to 36 billion gallons by 2022.

The Company has created a business model that addresses the inherent limitations of most U.S. based biodiesel facilities by locating the operation in urban population centers, engineering dramatically increased flexibility in feedstock sourcing, creating a barrier to entry on a regional basis through a strategic relationship with the municipal government and strategic partnerships with regional based feedstock suppliers, and using a proprietary additive that enables cold weather operation of biodiesel. DC Biodiesel will provide a full range of biodiesel products from B100, to be sold to other biodiesel blenders; B2, B5, B10, and B20 for transportation activities; and Bioheat® for heating fuel oil. (The fuels will include the additive to further improve fuel emissions and cold weather operations.) The Company has taken off-the-shelf technology used to convert waste products to biodiesel, and assembled them in a proprietary manner to add a significant amount of flexibility in terms of feedstock source. The ability to use multiple feedstock sources (yellow/fryer grease, brown/trap grease, chicken fat, tallow) will lessen the dependence on any one source and allow for multiple sourcing to obtain lower raw materials cost than its competitors

The market for biodiesel is extensive. It encompasses users of diesel engines for any application as well as industrial fuel oil users including the utilities industry. Notably, every major diesel engine manufacturer has approved the use of biodiesel for some or all of its engines. Bioheat is also a direct substitute for bunker fuel. The Company has identified sales prospects with the DC government and many of its departments, the Federal government, private truck fleets, residential heating users and power generation companies. The business model is easily replicated in any urban population center in the U.S., Europe, Asia and South America. The first refinery site has been identified, and additional sites and geographies are in the final stages of planning.

Speaker: Wendell L. Jenkins, Executive Vice-President & Chief Business Development Officer, will describe the company's market, feedstock, technology and progress

Sector Expert: TBA

Date: Friday, June 5, 2009
Time: 8:00 – 10:00 am
Place: Andrews Kurth LLP
1350 I Street, NW, Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20006
202-662-2700

Security: You will need to sign in, show a picture ID and tell the security personnel that you are attending CEEP's DC Energy & Environmental Funders meeting at Andrews Kurth LLP in Suite 1100. If you have not pre-registered, please call the receptionist at Andrews Kurth 202-662-2700, or Gelvin Stevenson at 917-599-6089.

Please note: The elevators and office open at 8:00am-not before. Seating is limited, so please register early so we know how many people will attend. Walk-ins are allowed, but advanced registration is strongly preferred. If you haven't registered, please bring your check made out to CEEP, Inc.

Nearest Metro stop: The building is between 13th and 14th Street. You can exit at McPherson Square and cross the street to the building or exit Metro Center on 13th Street (and G Street) and walk up to 13th and I, where you make a left and cross the street.

Cost: $50 if you pre-register.
Cash or checks (payable to CEEP) accepted. Must register or cancel by 4pm the previous day. No shows will be invoiced.
$60 if you pay at the door.
See below for Annual Registration opportunities and other important conditions.

Agenda:
8:00 to 8:20 – Networking with Members
8:30 to 9:00 – Presentation by Wendell L. Jenkins, Executive Vice-President & Chief Business Development Officer
9:00 to 9:30 – Company presentation by Sector Expert: TBA
9:30 to 10:00 – Discussion and Networking

Thank you, and we look forward to seeing you at the next DC Funders meeting.

If you have any questions about registration or need more information about the program, please contact Gelvin Stevenson at gelvin@optonline.net.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES:

Wendell L. Jenkins, Executive Vice President & Chief Business Development Officer, spent five years as Director of Global e-Commerce Sales for Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) where he developed novel solutions and sales strategies and was presented with the D&B Leadership Award. For the last year and a half Mr. Jenkins served as President of Alterra Energy Services where he developed a strategic plan to advance the Company's leadership in Green Technologies, developing a biofuels expertise in its supply process.

Advisory Board
Dave Berg, consultant, formerly Senior Policy Advisor, DOE's National Energy Policy Office
Mark Riedy, Andrews Kurth LLC
Ira Rubenstein, Center for Economic and Environmental Partnership, Inc.,
Scott Sklar, President, The Stella Group, Ltd.
David South, President, Technology & Market Solutions, LLC
Gelvin Stevenson, Ph.D., Center for Economic and Environmental Partnership, Inc.

DCE&EF Pricing Policy
1. Cost, with pre-registration up to 4pm the day before the meeting: $50.
2. No-shows will be invoiced.
3. Cancellations allowed until 4pm the day before the meeting.
4. Cost, with registration at the door the day of the meeting: $60.
5. All paid registrants will be emailed any information made available electronically for that meeting.
6. An Annual Registration for DCE&EF can be purchased for $400. It will provide admittance to all regularly scheduled meetings held during a 12-month period.
7. Annual registrants will be emailed any information made available electronically for any of the regularly scheduled meetings covered by their annual registration.

Formed in February 2004, DC Energy & Environmental Funders (DCE&EF) is a joint service of Investors Circle, the Energy & Environmental Capital Network (ECN), the Environmental Business Association of New York State, Inc. (EBA/NYS), Investors Circle and Cleantech Venture Network LLC (Cleantech). DCE&EF provides networking, information, and other services to investors interested in energy and environmental companies. DCE&EF activities are produced by the Center for Economic and Environmental Partnership, Inc. (CEEP) in furtherance of its educational mission.

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