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Energy Farm
Sonnenschein Energy Farm
Business PlanFarm LLC and Education Center 501(c)(3)
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Business Models Considered
• Plasma Arc• Community Scale Ethanol Plant• Home Scale Still Fabrication Business• Farm Scale Ethanol • Mobile Ethanol Unit
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SWOT
• Strengths• Weaknesses• Opportunities• Threats
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Hybrid:
• Permaculture Energy Farm with mobile distillation unit.– Permaculture is a whole system design science
that uses natural systems to optimize multiple yields.
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Mission Statement
•Sonnenschein Energy Farm will be a carbon neutral permaculture farm producing fuel, food, soil amendments and related farm products to create a replicable whole system design for viable family farms in the local area.
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Sonnenschein Energy Farm will:
– Create local investment opportunities with a reasonable rate of return
– Create and retain local jobs – Increase circulation of currency locally
– Increase the overall market share of fuel ethanol
– Increase local food production – Create a replicable template for energy independent communities across America
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Total Economic Return
• Triple Bottom Line– Profit: positive return on investment– People: increase quality of life– Planet: ecosystem restoration
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Market Summary
• Markets are growing for ethanol and the co-products of a Permaculture Energy Farm.– Products
• Ethanol• DDGS• Worms• Soil Amendments• BioChar (Carbon Credits)• Mushrooms• Tilapia• Honey• Fruit• Education / Consulting• CSA Shares - • Vegetables, Flowers and Herbs
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Opportunities
• Save family farms• Improve local economy, increase local
employment• Provide local resilience in turbulent economic
times• Set a leadership model for green community
development
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SEF’s competitive advantage.
• Multiple products increase our profit margin • Zero waste cycling increases feedstock and
food production yields over time• International market potential for carbon
trading
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Goals and Objectives
Five-year goals:– Pay annual dividends of 7%– Stimulate local economy– Show measurable improvement in farm
productivity, soil tilth and water quality
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Financial Plan
• Five year Outlook: – 1.6 million dollar start up*– Profitable by month 30*– Expansion after year three
* based on the current prices for end products and cost to reach market
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• Proposed Budget
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Risks and Rewards
• Risks– Non Liquid Investment– High Start Up Costs– Perceived As High Risk - Diversity
• Rewards– Hiring local residents– Strengthening existing family farms– Increasing local food and fuel independence
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Key Issues• Near term
– Identification of local stakeholders and project leaders– Siting and designing the first Energy Farm
• Long term– Coordinating with existing local food, fuel and other
product markets– Responding to changing regulatory and government
incentives landscape– Expanding from initial project to larger scale and fostering
replication
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The Sonnenschein Energy Farm Design Team
• Project Team Qualifications• Include previous accomplishments to show
that these are people with a record of success.• Summarize number of years of experience in
this field.• Photo of team
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Summary
• Why This Project and Why Now?– Risk or Hedge Against Risk?– Farm Security
• Food Security• Fuel Security