Sustainable Oils produces camelina, the source material for ultra-low carbon renewable fuels.
GREAT FALLS, MT — To the applause of onlookers, the ribbon was cut on Sustainable Oils’ new 20,000 square foot state-of-the-art North American headquarters building in Great Falls today. Complete with plant breeding and research labs, the facility currently employs a staff of 13 and works with over 100 U.S. farmers to grow camelina – the plant used by their parent company Global Clean Energy to produce ultra-low carbon renewable fuels. Renewable diesel produced from camelina is a drop-in replacement for traditional diesel, but with fewer contaminants and far less emissions.
Sustainable Oils specializes in the breeding, research, and marketing of camelina. They contract directly with farmers in the Northern Plains, High Plains, and Pacific Northwest to grow camelina that will ultimately be used to create renewable fuels at Global Clean Energy’s refinery in Bakersfield, California.
“With the opening of our North American headquarters, Sustainable Oils is poised to be a leader in camelia production worldwide, enhancing economic opportunities for rural agricultural communities while producing some of the lowest carbon renewable fuel feedstock in the world,” Richard Palmer, Chief Executive Officer of Global Clean Energy said. “This facility will help us to continue on our path to bridge energy and agriculture, without impacting food security.”
“We are pleased to make Great Falls our long-term home,” Sustainable Oils President Mike Karst said. “This headquarters will help increase Sustainable Oils’ presence in the regional agricultural framework and add additional jobs to the community.”
Camelina is a short-season nonfood oilseed crop that grows between crop cycles on land farmers keep fallow or idle. Camelina plants protect fallow land like a cover crop but are harvestable, allowing farmers to be paid like a cash crop.
“By providing value added opportunities for farmers in Montana and throughout North America regions, Sustainable Oils is expanding business opportunities and strengthening agricultural communities. This is the kind of innovative agriculture that Montana aims to attract,” Montana Department of Agriculture Director Christy Clark said. “Our department is pleased that Sustainable Oils selected our state as home to their operations and we look forward to working together to advance Montana’s ag economy.”
The grand opening featured facility tours, including the camelina breeding lab. Sustainable Oils camelina is bred to increase yield, quicken maturity, enhance stress tolerance, and use less water. As a result of 15+ years of development, Sustainable Oils camelina has become a leader in renewable fuel source material, while providing additional revenue for farmers from land otherwise left idle. Today, Global Clean Energy owns the largest camelina patent and plant variety portfolio in the world.
“Great Falls welcomes Sustainable Oils to our community,” Great Falls Mayor Bob Kelly said. “We look forward to their participation in the many volunteer opportunities, social and business events our community offers, and we foresee a successful partnership moving forward.”
Sustainable Oils is a member of the Montana Grain Growers Association, Montana Agri-Business Association, and the Great Falls Area Chamber of Commerce. Representatives from these organizations as well as representatives from the offices of U.S. Senator Jon Tester, U.S. Senator Steve Daines, and U.S. Congressman Matt Rosendale were also in attendance for the event.
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Sustainable Oils President Mike Karst speaks at the grand opening of their North American headquarters in Great Falls, MT.
About Sustainable Oils
Sustainable Oils, Inc., Global Clean Energy’s wholly owned subsidiary, is a leader in the development of camelina, an oilseed crop that has emerged as the leading nonfood feedstock crop for use in renewable diesel production. Sustainable Oils owns an industry leading portfolio of camelina genetics and intellectual property rights, including patents and production know-how to produce its proprietary varieties of camelina as a nonfood ultra-low carbon renewable fuels feedstock. Sustainable Oils is headquartered in Great Falls, MT. More information can be found at www.SusOils.com.
About Global Clean Energy Holdings
Global Clean Energy Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: GCEH) is a vertically integrated renewable fuels business that is focused on reducing carbon emissions sustainably through our proprietary nonfood camelina varieties – delivering among the lowest carbon intensity renewable fuels in the marketplace. Global Clean Energy’s strategy since its inception has been to control the full integration of the renewable fuels supply chain from science to seed and farm to fuel. They aim to operate the development, production, processing, and transportation of feedstocks as well as the refining and production of renewable fuels. They process their proprietary nonfood camelina feedstock in their Bakersfield, California renewable fuels refinery, yielding a renewable diesel that is chemically identical to petroleum diesel, but with 80+ percent lower carbon emissions. Global Clean Energy’s proprietary camelina varieties are the only nonfood renewable feedstock on the market certified for both the U.S. EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standard and California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard. More information can be found at www.gceholdings.com.
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