Doug Durante , CFDC’s Executive Director
This guy is no light-weight. Glad he's working with FFI.
National Ethanol Conference Comes to Nebraska
Press Release
The Clean Fuels Development Coalition, a Washington D.C. based coalition of ethanol companies, biofuel technology firms and agri-ethanol organizations, announced today that a national ethanol marketing conference will be held in Omaha on May 11 and 12. The conference, entitled U.S. Ethanol Markets: Opportunities and Challenges in 2006 and Beyond will bring together the nation’s ethanol producers, marketers, transporters and end users.
Doug Durante , CFDC’s Executive Director, said the conference is especially timely given the dramatic growth of ethanol markets across the country. “Record gas prices, clean fuel programs and growing concerns over petroleum imports and energy security are driving unprecedented demand for ethanol ,” he said. “ Nebraska is the heartland of the ethanol industry and a perfect location to gather and assess these trends in the marketplace.” The conference will provide a forum for interaction between industry experts and attendees. Topics are organized to address marketing challenges and opportunities.
Todd Sneller, administrator of the Nebraska Ethanol Board and the newly elected chairman of CFDC, said Omaha was chosen as the site for the conference, in part, because of it’s central location and the phenomenal pace of plant construction in the area. For several years, Nebraska has ranked third among ethanol producing states. “With several plants expanding capacity, eight new facilities under construction and twenty more under consideration, the state will soon pass Illinois to rank second,” according to Sneller. Ethanol production in Nebraska will top one billion gallons in 2007.
Other conference sponsors include the American Coalition for Ethanol, the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council, Ethanol Across America, the National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition and the Nebraska Ethanol Board. For details about the conference, visit www.ne-ethanol.org.
