The MicroFueler, a household appliance-sized unit that creates ethanol fuel (E-Fuel100) from organic waste, is revolutionizing the green fuel industry.

Since the prototype's unveiling in May 2008, the MicroFueler design and E-Fuel business model have undergone improvements that will enable consumers and businesses to more easily reduce their carbon footprint by producing energy where it is consumed, and breaking ties to the oil industry and local power grid. The final MicroFueler product will start shipping to California consumers in July.

Sierra Nevada Brewing Company in Chico, CA plans to install a MicroFueler this year and use its beer waste to power its vehicles. The State of California's Department of General Services is also exploring a pilot program to test the MicroFueler with its flex-fuel vehicles.

"We are making our state a cleaner, greener and healthier place for everyone, but our goals require revolutionary technologies and low-carbon fuels," said Governor Schwarzenegger. "That's why I get so excited about the entrepreneurial spirit of creative and innovative companies who have been inspired by our groundbreaking environmental policies and are putting people to work right here in California. It's great news for our economy, our environment and our energy future."

New MicroFueler Design
The final MicroFueler product, which starts shipping in July, is more than 60% smaller and 80% lighter when compared to the original concept unit shown last year. The size and weight reduction is due to several design improvements to the core ethanol conversion column that is now capable of processing various organic waste material, as well as cellulosic and algae feedstocks.

Electricity from E-Fuel100 and 50% Water
The MicroFueler solution has been expanded to include the new GridBuster electric generator. The MicroFueler supports the optional GridBuster through a direct-connect fuel feed and intelligent control circuitry. The fuel is automatically combined with 50% water for optimal efficiency ad pumped to the GridBuster. Customers are free to drop off the grid and generate their own electricity, realizing substantial savings.

MicroFueler Supply Chain Model
Improvements to the E-Fuel business model and MicroFueler design mean that the sole task customers are required to perform is to simply fill their vehicles with E-Fuel100 ethanol. The E-Fuel Global Network (EGN) will monitor all aspects of the MicroFueler performance via online connectivity to an E-Fuel datacenter server. Local E-Fuel-registered dealers will have real time status updates and will be notified when organic fuel deliveries are required.

E-Fuel dealers are geographically focused, typically servicing multiple counties within a state, an entire state, or an entire country. Currently, E-Fuel dealers are setting up operations in 16 US states, as well as Ireland and Japan. E-Fuel plans to build a comprehensive international wide network of dealers, centered in major metro areas worldwide by the end of 2010. Dealers will sell and service MicroFuelers purchased at www.microfueler.com and will deliver organic fuel to customers for E-Fuel100 ethanol production.

Organic Fuel from Waste
E-Fuel has identified billions of gallons of organic waste worldwide which will act as the primary source of fuel for MicroFueler production of ethanol. One example is the "beer slurry" discarded from breweries. In Chico, CA. the Sierra Nevada Brewing Co discards 1.6 million gallons of beer slurry each year, and has agreed to test MicroFuelers at its plant, with a goal of creating its own E-Fuel100 ethanol for its fleet of vehicles and other purposes. Being abundant and inexpensive, organic waste will create E-Fuel100 ethanol that will always be available and price competitive against gasoline.

Tom Quinn, E-Fuel Corporation CEO, said "Our game changing system and technology eliminates the two main impediments to ethanol production - the reliance on corn as a feedstock and the difficulties of distributing ethanol. Now that consumers can produce organic fuel where they consume it, they can drastically reduce their reliance on fossil fuels by avoiding the gas station and powering their homes off the grid."

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