Projects

Sustainable Oils, Inc.

A joint venture between Green Earth Fuels, LLC, and Targeted Growth, Inc.

HEADQUARTERS:

Bozeman, Mt.

PRODUCTION GOAL:

100 million gallons-per-year

FEEDSTOCK:

Camelina and next-generation feedstocks

OPTIMIZATION:

Advanced breeding techniques optimize Camelina seeds for desired growing traits specifically developed for use as a low-cost, high-profit, high oil-yield biodiesel feedstock.

FEEDSTOCK SUSTAINABILITY:

Camelina is a non-food feedstock that farmers can rotate on land currently growing cereal crops, or on marginal land where they can increase the yield per acre without displacing current crops.

Camelina represents a new and promising crop for the biodiesel industry.

Sustainable Oils was formed in November 2007 as a joint venture between agricultural bioscience company Targeted Growth, Inc. and Houston-based biofuel producer Green Earth Fuels, LLC.

Through Targeted Growth's research support, we developed elite varieties of the unique oilseed crop, camelina, which is used to produce a high-quality, efficient biofuel. With the ability to produce a crop with less water, camelina offers growers the exciting option of producing a profitable crop with fewer inputs. Camelina traditionally has not been grown for human consumption, so it doesn't compete with food industry demands.

Sustainable Oils has been a leader in the development of an exciting new market for camelina- based biofuels: aviation. As the most tested and scalable option for drop-in replacement of petroleum-based jet fuel, camelina has the potential to become one of the most popular green fuels on the market by meeting our increasing need for alternative energy with value-added agriculture.