Empire Green Biofuels

Address

Seneca Army Depot
Romulus, NY 14541
United States

Latitude: 42.73503

Longitude: -76.86057

Fuel Conversion: Ethanol Conversion

Cost (in millions): 115

Notes

Opposed by wildlife conservation group called Seneca White Deer because plan called for planting the interior of the Army Depot with willow and switchgrass for biomass burner, which would have impacted the white deer herd habitat.

6/2008 Cilion Corp withdrew financing

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Distance (miles)	0	5	10	25
American Indian	0.1%	0.5%	0.5%	0.3%
Asian	0.1%	0.4%	0.5%	0.8%
Black	1.7%	20.6%	11.3%	3.1%
Hispanic	2.9%	9.3%	5.8%	5.9%
White	91.2%	67.9%	79.8%	86.1%

Population	1,311	3,319	8,462	98k
Income	$56k		$54k	$55k

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CORPORATIONS

Name	Relation	Ownership
Empire Green Biofuels	Owner

LINKS

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Empire Green Biofuels gets IDA extension 6/9/2008 "Once production begins, plans call for the company to acquire more than 4,000 additional acres to grow willow trees and switch grass to feed a biomass generator to provide electricity for th
Rare White Deer Versus Ethanol: Conservationists at Odds in Seneca 3/13/2007 "ethanol plant developers plan to buy 4,700 acres, or nearly half of the land, enough space for the plant as well as crops of willow trees and switch grass that would be converted to fuel."
Seneca officials hear from biofuels representative 4/25/2007 "Western Milling of Goshen, Calif.; Khosla Ventures, Menlo Park, Calif.; Virgin Fuels, London; Yucaipa Cos., Los Angeles; and Advanced Equities, Chicago."

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Unit Information

Power	Type	Status	Fuel	Product
	Burner: Unknown Type	Withdrawn	Agricultural Crop Residue
	Fuel Conversion: Ethanol Conversion	Withdrawn	Corn/Grains	Ethanol

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