Circle Biodiesel & Ethanol Corporation

Infobox Company
company_name = Circle Biodiesel & Ethanol Corporation
company_type = Delaware Corproation
foundation = 2006
key_people = Peter Schuh, CEO, Chairman
location = San Marcos, California
industry = Alternative Energy
homepage = http://www.circlebio.com

Circle Biodiesel & Ethanol Corporation is a privately held biofuel equipment manufacturing company which builds machinery for the algae, biodiesel, ethanol and methane fuels industry. It was founded in 2006 as a Delaware corporation to address the need for high-quality, medium-range production capacity biodiesel processors and ethanol stills specially suited for farmers and municipalities. [http://www.circlebio.com/about.htm] The Company has expanded its efforts into the fields of Jatropha curcas micropropagation and algaculture for algae fuel and cellulosic ethanol.

Organization

Circle Biodiesel & Ethanol Corporation is a Delaware Corporation (May 2006) with its main office location in San Marcos, California, USA. [http://www.circlebio.com/about.htm]

Social Responsibility

Circle Biodiesel & Ethanol Corporation has offered donations from its sales from certain months to charity relief organizations. [http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS255841+09-May-2008+PRN20080509]

Technology

The company has applied for ten patents with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). [http://www.circlebio.com/about.htm]

* Method and System for Extracting Oil from Algae (61037675) Date: 3/18/2008
* Suction Dredge System and Method (12110860) Date: 4/28/2008
* Methane Refinement System (61049301) Date: 4/28/2008
* Ethanol Processing System (61051149) Date: 5/1/2008
* Biofuel Production System (61050881) Date: 5/1/2008
* Batch Biodiesel Processor (61052023) Date: 5/2/2008
* Ethanol Production Enhancement System (61051988) Date: 5/7/2008
* Alternative Energy Village System (61055188) Date: 5/7/2008
* Algae Harvesting System (61053118) Date: 5/8/2008
* Biofuel Feedstock Cost Control (61052416) Date: 5/8/2008

Products

Circle Biodiesel & Ethanol Corporation has various products in their biofuel processing equipment manufacturing line. Some of the products include:

* Circle Algae Photo Bioreactor and Algae Harvesting [http://www.circlebio.com/algae_biodiesel_photobioreactors.htm]
* Circle Biodiesel Processors (C-BP Generation 2) [http://www.circlebio.com/biodiesel_processors_biodiesel_plants.htm] [http://www.todayslocalnews.com/?sect=tln&p=4157]
* Ethanol Still (C-ES) [http://www.circlebio.com/ethanol_plants_ethanol_stills.htm]
* Methane Digesters for Biogas Production [http://www.circlebio.com/methane_digesters.htm]
* Jatropha Curcas Micropropagation and Farming [http://www.circlebio.com/jatropha_biodiesel.htm] [http://www.todayslocalnews.com/?sect=tln&p=4157]

References

External links

* [http://www.circlebio.com Circle Biodiesel & Ethanol Corporation]