As part of JatrophaWorld’s commitment in providing quality and useful knowledge, we have incorporated a Mini-Workshop on Jatropha Biodiesel Value Chain into the main program. Using a quantitative model to show you the economic indicators of jatropha projects, you will clearly see the profitability of your project as well as the risk profile.
We understand that the principal need and hurdle to jatropha project development currently is to secure financing, this mini-workshop is specially designed to help you meet funding requirements by showing financiers the shareholder values of a project.
The special feature of this session is that it will be “INTERACTIVE”. The participants would be given a short questionnaire prior to the Workshop to provide their own top seven variables, of their Jatropha farming, refining and marketing operations for the model. These variables would be then fed into the model and the outcome in the form of “Profitability”, “Cashflow” and “Risk Profile” shown to them. Thereafter, there will be Panel discussions, which would focus on the “Optimization of Jatropha Biodiesel Value Chain” and how each respondent could optimize his/her own Jatropha farming, biodiesel production and marketing operations. The Financier would be able to pay attention to the “critical variables” that would make a difference in the success of Jatropha Biodisel operations.
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Please find below more details on the Mini-Workshop:
MINI-WORKSHOP: JATROPHA BIODIESEL VALUE CHAIN MODEL – MEETING FUNDING REQUIREMENTS
Day 2, 4 December 2009, 9.05 – 11.05 hrs.
Key Objectives:
- To highlight the importance and methodology of integrating all the variables at a very granular level, as they relate to every aspect of your farming operations, oil extraction, trans-esterification and refining operations and eventually marketing, not only the “biodiesel” but also all the “byproducts”.
- This would be achieved by developing and building a “quantitative model” whose objectives would be to show the “financial results” of the operations by highlighting the economic indicators of the project such as Net Present Value, Internal Rate of Return, Payback Period and Present Worth Index. This in turn would go a long way in assisting you to procure finance successfully to fund their operations which seems to be the principal need and hurdle of all Jatropha growers.
- For the Financier, the Decision & Risk Analysis (D&RA) will clearly establish, what the “Principal Drivers of the Business” are and what the Risk Profile is for the Project, i.e., the probability of enhancing or destroying shareholder value.
- For Jatropha Farmer and Refiner too, this would show which variables they have to improve upon to reduce the “Risk Profile” of the project and enhance shareholder value.
Panelists:
Modeler: Dr M.V. Krishna Kumar, President & CEO, Tiara International Consulting LLC
Grower: Mr James Love, VP International Operations, Abundant Biofuels Corporation
Financier: Mr Gregory Montgomery, Managing Director, MCF Advisors