New Minnesota Clean Energy Company, Rosemount Clean Energies, Refuels Midwest Bio Market

ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- An obsolete 50-acre industrial site in a St. Paul, Minnesota suburb has been redeveloped into a large terminal facility with capabilities to provide the region with enhanced clean energy products.  The only of its kind and scale in the Upper Midwest, Rosemount Clean Energies is on the forefront of clean, renewable energy with its superior ability to solidify supply and offer biofuel injection blending, providing local marketers and end-users increased savings and flexibility to customize products.  The green-built, non-waste generating terminal site, which has a large-scale rail spur and nearly half a million barrels of storage capacity, has the flexibility to receive and ship products through various mediums – including rail cars, trucks, tanks and pipeline.

Energy demands of the future require that current technologies are maximized and new energy alternatives and opportunities are explored.  The Rosemount Clean Energies terminal meets the need for exploring clean energy sources, particularly biofuels, and will pass these benefits on to energy marketers in Minnesota and surrounding states.  "Biofuels are here to stay," states Tim Yocum, one of the principles and Chief Manager of Rosemount Clean Energies.  "Canada just announced a 2% biodiesel requirement.  Minnesota is going to 10% next spring.  This new terminal will allow greater distribution of biofuels right where crops are grown and biofuels are produced.  Combine this with our refineries' ability to produce ultra-low sulfur diesel from North Dakota and Canadian crude, and we have opened a huge channel for energy independence through local supply."

Beyond improved biodiesel and diesel capabilities that will change the energy game at the regional level, Rosemount Clean Energies offers another advantage the local market previously lacked:  An efficient mechanism to actually test biodiesel in the marketplace.  Yocum explains, "Initially, the industry struggled with the roll-out of biodiesel.  The ability of this terminal to customize products through injection blending ensures greater accuracy and a consistent product that takes the reliability question of fuel out of the equation.  Now," assures Yocum, "we can perfect biodiesel and additive blending in a highly efficient manner, collaborate with all parties to find an efficient medium to deliver new products to the marketplace, and offer marketers and energy users a range of high-performance products specific to their applications and market demands."

Most Midwest marketers are not only faced with the known challenges related to biodiesel and the need for more reliable, custom products, but also combat daily price volatility.  The enhanced capabilities of Rosemount Clean Energies will allow marketers to make larger short-term deals that will ultimately help their bottom line.  Welcomed news for any smaller petroleum marketer in the region.  In addition to the distribution of biodiesel and ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel, capabilities of this clean energy facility will include the transloading, storage and distribution of ethanol, waste oil recycling, asphalt, #6 oil, propane, diesel exhaust fluid (DEF), compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG).

While "biofuels" may be the current industry buzz word and the predominant focus of Rosemount Clean Energies, the clean energy company is poised and committed to exploring alternatives that extend beyond what the immediate market demands.  "We'll continue to collaborate with producers, end-users, government agencies and environmental groups to actualize the idea that biofuels are a viable, sustainable supplement to petroleum fuels," states Yocum. "We'll also work closely with our partners to test newer clean energy products that enter the marketplace.  We aim to be leaders in clean energy – always looking ahead to what can most responsibly and efficiently move our market forward."

About Rosemount Clean Energies

Rosemount Clean Energies is a new terminal site located near Saint Paul, Minnesota dedicated to exploring and providing regional marketers clean, renewable, environmentally-responsible energy solutions.  Rosemount Clean Energies' clean energy facility contains more than half a million barrels of storage capacity and resources to receive and ship petroleum-related products by rail cars, trucks, tanks and pipeline.  Rosemount Clean Energies has testing and production capabilities that include biodiesel fuel injection blending and the distribution of normal refined diesel, ethanol, waste oil recycling, asphalt, #6 oil, propane, diesel exhaust fluid, compressed natural gas and liquefied natural gas.  www.rcleanenergies.com

SOURCE Rosemount Clean Energies