Ecostrat & General Biofuel

BIOMASS PRODUCTS YOU CAN RELY ON

We are premier suppliers of wood biomass fuels across North America and worldwide. We created the Biofuel Supply Network® - the largest network of biofuel supply in North America with over 200,000 linked sources of wood fuel, wood chips, recycled wood, C&D and other biomass.

With direct, proprietary access to over 3,000,000 tons of diversified wood fuel across the continent and a transportation network of trucks, rail and ocean vessels that spans the globe, we can deliver top quality wood fuel anywhere.

The largest supply base, nationwide reach, reliability, 5 -10 year supply contracts, quality wood fuel. When you need wood fuel, we deliver.

ABOUT US

Ecostrat and our biofuel affiliate, General Biofuel, purchase, manufacture and distribute wood by-products, renewable fuels and biomass.  With proprietary access to over 200,000 point sources of wood supply, we have the largest reach of any wood fuel supplier in the country today.

We have been supplying hundreds of thousands of tons of wood fuel throughout the US and Canada for over 17 years.  We specialize in virgin, post-industrial, and construction & demolition derived wood fuels.  Our staff has extensive experience in the wood biomass business. We are reliable, straight-forward, and deliver high quality wood fuel on time, all the time.

VISION AND VALUES

OUR VISION

To increase the rate of adoption of 'green' solid fuels across North America and the world. We will do this by:

• Ensuring that our Biofuel Supply Network®  is always the largest and most comprehensive knowledge base of wood biofuel supply in North America.
• Supplying the highest quality biofuel, under long-term fixed-price contracts, anywhere in the world.
• Providing accurate, up to date information on wood fuel supply to any clean energy project in any location.
• Investing in, and developing new biopower facilities.
• Attracting top quality people who share our vision.

OUR VALUES

Integrity

Integrity of action, clarity of thought, fair dealing, respect in all interactions. These values are of the utmost importance.

Customer Satisfaction

Our future depends on us helping to make our customers successful.  We are proactive and easy to do business with.  We offer expert knowledge and practical solutions. We deliver on our promises.

Employee Engagement

We foster a culture that promotes excellent performance, teamwork, inclusion, leadership and growth.

Innovation

We are a company of firsts. We encourage innovation and support new ways of thinking.  We invest time, intelligence and capital in innovative approaches to clean energy.

Sustainability

We strive to achieve sustainable economic growth in the energy sector by promoting and developing the most efficient use of renewable resources.

Our Businesses:

BIOMASS SUPPLY WITHIN NORTH AMERICA

• We have over 17 years and hundreds of thousands of tons of wood fuel supply experience.  We know how to contract and deliver woodfuel.
• We offer long-term fuel supply contracts of up to 10 years.
• Our integrated logistics and supply network (truck, rail and ocean vessel) is capable of delivering biomass anywhere in North America and the world.
• We install grinding, screening and loading equipment, and set-up fuel consolidation yards to ensure secure supply and quality of fuel mix.
• All our fuels are rigorously tested according to ASTM standards to ensure the highest quality.
• We supply top quality biofuel to a wide range of customers: paper and board manufacturers, power plants, greenhouses, schools, buildings, cement kilns, and pellet manufacturers.
• General Biofuel is able to supply woody biomass for industrial co-firing, regional combined heat and power projects (CHP), and Energy Service Company (ESCO) clean heat and power projects.

BIOMASS SUPPLY INTERNATIONALLY

• We supply paper and board quality chips and biofuel in shipload quantities to Europe and Asia.
• Our integrated wood biomass supply chain extends from harvesting to stockpiling, loading, fumigation, ocean freight and discharge.
• We supply top quality biofuel and woodchips to leading MDF and composite board manufacturers and power companies.
• We opened the east coast Wood Pellet market to bulk export by making the first bulk shipment of fuel pellets to the Netherlands in 2003.
• We opened the Composite Board market in Turkey to import of bulk wood chips and sent the first successful bulk vessel to Turkey (2005).  The Turkish Composite Board Market currently imports over 1 million tons of wood chips per year.

CONSULTING SERVICES

• Our consulting division performs three kinds of studies:
  1. Biofuel Supply Assessments to determine availability and cost of wood fuel in any woodshed across North America.
  2. Biomass Power and Co-Generation Evaluations to determine CapEx, operating cost, cash flow and ROI for clean power projects and conversions.
  3. Carbon Credit Evaluations to determine whether a project qualifies for ghg offsets or other carbon credits and most effective direction to monetize credits.
• Leading clean power companies like Honeywell, Rentech and Johnson Control have used our team to get the answers they need.

FUEL PROCUREMENT SERVICES

General Biofuel is a leader in wood fuel procurement. We can help you obtain competitively-priced fuel, delivered on-spec, under supply contracts you can count on. Our goal is to make it simple by providing a one-stop-shop for all fuel procurement needs at a reasonable price.

Our customers understand that when it comes to securing low-cost fuel over the long-term, better knowledge means better decisions. We bring a professional team with over 17 years experience in procuring wood fuel. The procurement team is supported by a proprietary network of over 200,000 wood fuel sources across North America. Our depth of experience, backed by the best fuel supply data in the country, gives our customers an edge in achieving their fuel procurement goals.

We provide complete end-to-end fuel procurement services on a full-disclosure, fully transparent basis, at a cost of $1.00 per ton. We believe that the cost of our fuel procurement services is paid back many times in terms of lower fuel costs, lower administration costs, higher fuel quality, and more reliable supply.

1. LOCATION OF FUEL SUPPLY

   Our Biofuel Supply Network®  contains over 98% of the sources of fuel supply in North America. We know the sources as well as the competitors for wood fuel in your woodshed. We make sure they know about you. Our comprehensive market knowledge means more purchasing power for our clients.

2. BID SOLICITATION / RFQ / CONTRACT NEGOTIATION SUPPORT

   As powerful as our Biofuel Supply Network®  is, we understand that fuel supply decisions ultimately require human intelligence and consultation. Therefore, we combine our technology and market intelligence with an expert team of fuel procurement professionals.

   Our fuel procurement team knows what it takes to reliably secure wood fuel in a competitive market. We provide expert support during negotiation with local fuel suppliers. On behalf of our clients, we can solicit bids, manage RFQs, and even carry out reverse or post-and-respond auctions for wood fuel supply. With our support, our customers receive the highest quality fuel at the lowest price.

3. MANAGEMENT OF FUEL SUPPLY

   We coordinate multiple suppliers, monitor offsite stockpiles, and interface seamlessly with personnel on-site to ensure that the fuel gets from the woodshed to the plant on time and on spec. We also:

   • communicate with all suppliers to monitor fuel assets,
   • co-ordinate fuel deliveries by truck, rail and vessel,
   • handle disputes regarding quality and quantity,
   • maintain an on-line Fuel Delivery Schedule (including truck numbers and weigh bills) which is available to clients 24-7 on a real-time basis from our secure server.

1. QUALITY CONTROL

   We coordinate sampling of delivered fuel and laboratory analysis of samples to ensure high-quality fuel all the time. All sampling is done according to ASTM standards. Laboratory reports are posted on our secure online server accessible 24-7.

   We quickly address any fuel quality problems with individual suppliers to ensure homogeneity of supply and delivery of on-spec fuel.

2. ONGOING COST MANAGEMENT

   Comprehensive real-time knowledge of the wood supply market and ongoing dialogue with suppliers in the woodshed help our customers keep their fuel costs low year after year.

   We continually solicit new supply sources on behalf of our customers. We manage inquiries and responses from potential suppliers in the woodshed on an ongoing basis.

   We are able to maintain ongoing electronic post-and-respond auctions in which clients post their fuel demand and set the price they are looking for. This open process can spur competition and can help achieve lower cost fuel on an ongoing basis.

   Once a year, we issue and manage an RFQ on behalf of all customers. At the end of the RFQ process, we forward the names of all interested bidders, the available quantity of each, and the price bid.

3. INVOICE PAYMENT SERVICES

   We are a one-stop shop for invoice payment services. Our customers generate one check per month to us. We manage (on a fully-transparent basis) payment of multiple suppliers, reconciliations, premiums and penalties.

   We provide complete invoice reconciliation services on a line-item basis. We’re able to scan invoices into .PDF format and post them to a secure, auditable online library. We also take action to correct disputed invoices.

   We create a detailed 'Supply Profile Report' that is available online 24/7 and which contains the total current year-to-date spend with each supplier and the quality monitoring report.