I live in California and have done consulting for a new biodiesel in the central valley. I was doing the preliminary permitting research upon land siting. I will tell you that one year for building and permitting is customary in California.
The state has not to this point done much for biofuel industry process streamlining. I would put the timing at one year from groundbreaking to commissioning. That is what Pacific ethanol ended up being along with most biodiesel plants (some early ones took 2-3yrs) have been .
I have been investing in this company since .03 cents over a year ago. I found out about them, when they were being discussed in a California Air Resource Board Meeting. My current stategy is to buy on relative lows and sell at $500 profit. I've been in and out many times and made about $15,000 of real profit so far. This stock is going to be up and down and hopefully mostly trending up for a long time.
Hopefully they will post when they are having their groundbreaking and I will be there. I love that this list is proactive and calls the CEO on a fairly regular basis. I just wish that they would be more active at the state level as they would get much needed free publicity if they did; attend ARB meetings, speak at state biofuel and green meetings be involved in clean cities and calstart. Doing these networking activities would probably help them be known and possibly get additional funding.
The state just issued a bond for a biodiesel facility (building almost complete) in Stockton, this is the type of thing that they should be pursuing.
Biodieselmama
SF Bay Area
