PacificAg helping companies tackle biomass logistics

In Oregon, PacificAg can help ethanol plants developing or expanding operations into the production of cellulosic ethanol, save time and money on supply chain development. PacificAg enables cellulosic biorefineries the ability to source cost-competitive biomass for biofuel and biochemical production.

As a biomass harvest company, PacificAg is ahead of the game having begun operations nearly 20 years ago. Founder and CEO Bill Levy explains the company got its start in Oregon harvesting forage crops for feed and today has expanded into other markets to meet the needs of the growing biofuels industry.

“We can save an ethanol plant the time and money in developing a supply chain,” says Levy. “It’s a very specific supply chain with very specific challenges and I think we have a lot of experience overcoming these challenges and developing these supply chains quicker than anybody else.”

Today the company is working with biorefineries in Kansas and Iowa and is ready to aid other ethanol plants that are looking at adding bolt-on cellulosic ethanol technologies or those companies looking to build large, commercial-scale advanced biofuel facilities. Levy says that for projects underway in the Midwest, he believes they are providing them a quicker time to market that’s also less expensive.