Christopher d'Arnaud-Taylor, Chairman, President and CEO of Xethanol Corporation Talks to The Wall Street Transcript.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- The Wall Street Transcript has published an in-depth interview with Christopher d'Arnaud-Taylor, Chairman, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Xethanol Corporation (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :XTHN) in which he talks at length about the Company. The entire 2,500 word interview is available free online at http://www.twst.com/ceos.htm. Xethanol Corporation's goal is to be the leader in the emerging biomass- to-ethanol industry. Xethanol's mission is to optimize the use of biomass in the renewable energy Renewable energy utilizes natural resources such as sunlight, wind, tides and geothermal heat, which are naturally replenished. Renewable energy technologies range from solar power, wind power, and hydroelectricity to biomass and biofuels for transportation. field and convert biomass that is currently being abandoned or land filled into ethanol and other valuable co-products, especially xylitol xylitol /xy·li·tol/ (zi´li-tol) a five-carbon sugar alcohol derived from xylose and as sweet as sucrose; used as a noncariogenic sweetener and also as a sugar substitute in diabetic diets. . When asked to discuss the company's strategy Mr. d'Arnaud-Taylor stated, "We are at the beginning of a fuel cycle that is going to be one of continuous supply shortages of petroleum, continual disruption of supply and likely increases in the cost of traditional fossil fuels fossil fuel: see energy, sources of; fuel. fossil fuel Any of a class of materials of biologic origin occurring within the Earth's crust that can be used as a source of energy. Fossil fuels include coal, petroleum, and natural gas. . Ethanol is a home produced product. We are going to utilize various wastes, which cost money to get rid of, and basically you have a distribution system in place nationally to integrate ethanol with gasoline. So we are at the right place in the right industry at the right time." Regarding the company's business model Mr. d'Arnaud-Taylor stated, "Our whole business model is targeted at identifying plant locations and getting them up and running as quick as possible. One reason why we are not interested in these very large greenfield Greenfield, town (1990 pop. 18,666), seat of Franklin co., NW Mass., at the confluence of the Deerfield and Green rivers, near their junction with the Connecticut; settled 1686, set off from Deerfield and inc. 1753. plants is that they are unlikely to come on stream for several years. The reason we look at co-location with the people who are creating the waste stream is it accelerates our capacity accumulation and enables us to bring capacity on stream more rapidly than other people can. So, if you look in terms of what the company is going to look like in three year's time, hopefully you'll see about 300 million, 400 million gallons of capacity in the marketplace." The Wall Street Transcript does not endorse the views of any interviewees nor does it make stock recommendations. For subscription information call 800/246-7673. |
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