Comparing the enterprise values of Biofuels Ventures

February 7, 2011 |

In Florida, Biofuels Digest released an alpha version (that is to say, released for testing and comment) of its Biofuels Venture Valuation tool.

Using the tool, biofuels venture developers can, by inputting a few keystrokes, calculate a value for the proposed venture, and return rate on invested capital, as well as compare the value of the venture to basic business cases for corn ethanol, sugarcane ethanol, cellulosic ethanol and advanced biofuels projects.

“Let’s make sure we say this about a hundred times – Alpha release!” said Digest editor Jim Lane. “I developed this tool a few weeks back to help myself do some value comparisons – why not share in order to share knowledge and improve the default input values? While project developers have a lot of sophisticated tools at hand, this tool should add convenience for all, and some computational power for those who don’t have more the more sophisticated tool sets.”

Download the free biofuels valuation tool here.

The tool looks at project opex and capex, feedstock cost, feedstock yields, fuel price, speed to market, and cost of capital among other factors. The Digest warmly welcomes feedback on default values assigned to given technologies, as well as alternative cases for technologies, fuels and feedstocks we did not include in the first alpha release.

The Digest expects to have a final version of the tool available by Feb 28, 2011. Comments and revisions to [email protected] are highly welcome.

Category: Fuels

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