Genera Energy, Inc. has established itself as a trailblazer in the biomass supply industry creating innovative ways of growing, harvesting, processing and handling biomass crops and feedstocks.
Operating one of the country’s largest and most comprehensive industrial biomass management systems, Genera focuses on providing robust and integrated biomass supply solutions for the advanced biofuels, biopower, and biobased products industries. Genera’s team includes some of the most well-known and highly-respected biomass and bioenergy experts, recognized recently by earning Genera the international 2013 Sustainable Biofuels Award for Sustainable Feedstock Innovation.
Through research and development as well as extensive commercial-scale experience with the establishment, management, harvesting and logistics of switchgrass, biomass sorghum, miscanthus, wood, and other energy crops, Genera has developed optimized, energy efficient and cost-effective renewable feedstock supply-chain processes that provide a bridge between the landowner and biomass consumer. While developing and delivering energy crop and feedstock supply solutions that balance biomass customers’ requirements for consistency, quality and value, Genera’s unique processes successfully produce competitive returns, mitigate risk, and provide maximum environmental benefits for both landowners and consumers.
Genera has also developed significant expertise in the processing, conveying, and distribution of biomass feedstocks. Transforming a crop into a uniform format feedstock for industrial users is not an insignificant task. Genera’s operations group has focused on high-throughput, low energy systems for handling a variety of biomass types, focusing on flowability, efficient particle size reduction, and quality control. This work allows Genera to provide preprocessed feedstocks to consumers who demand specific attributes, such as narrow particle size ranges and moisture, among others. Genera has extensive experience processing energy crops, like switchgrass, miscanthus, and sorghum as well as crop residues like corn stover and sugarcane bagasse.
The foundation of Genera’s success is its progressive partnerships with an extensive network of technology providers along the biomass supply chain. These partnerships allow Genera to implement the right technologies to deliver a reliable, consistent stream of sustainable biomass feedstock that is tailored to each customer’s needs. Focusing efforts to improve efficiencies and quality and drive down costs, provides continuous improvement to its customers and places Genera at the leading edge of the biomass supply industry.
Genera offers targeted solutions for every link in the supply chain and no matter what specifications and requirements a customer may have their biomass supply, Genera can provide and fully optimized, integrated biomass supply solution that meets the customer’s needs. Genera is invested in creating profitable biomass partnerships and wants to be your biomass supply partner. Contact Genera at www.generainc.com for more information.
By Sam Jackson, Ph.D., VP Business Development
