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16. Management's Plan | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements |
Management's Plan | The accompanying financial statements have been prepared contemplating the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The Company has been reliant on their senior secured lender to provide additional funding and has been required to remit substantially all excess cash from operations to the senior secured lender. As of December 31, 2017, the Company did not have any additional borrowings to fund future cash flow requirements. Management believes that through the following actions, the company will have the ability to generate capital liquidity to carry out the business plan for 2018: Operate the Keyes plant and continue to improve operational performance, including the adoption of new technologies or process changes that allow for energy efficiency, cost reduction or revenue enhancements to the current operations. Expand the ethanol sold at the Keyes plant to include the cellulosic ethanol to be generated at Riverbank, California, and to utilize lower -cost, non--food advanced feedstocks to significantly increase margins. Monetize the CO2 produced at the Keyes plant by executing on the agreement with Linde for the delivery of gas to their neighboring facility to be built during 2018. Rely on the approval of a $125M USDA loan guarantee to raise the funds necessary to construct and operate a cellulosic ethanol plant in Riverbank, California using the licensed technology from LanzaTech and InEnTec to generate federal and state carbon credits available for ultra--low carbon fuels. Secure higher volumes of shipments of fuels at the India plant by developing the sales channels, including, expanding the existing domestic markets, extending international sales by supplying large oil companies (primarily the BP Singapore Agreement during 2017), and exporting fuel into the European Union and United States biodiesel markets to capture valuable low carbon fuel credits. Continue to locate funding for existing and new business opportunities through a combination of working with our senior lender, restructuring existing loan agreements, selling the current offering for $50 million from the Phase II EB-5 program, or by vendor financing arrangements. Management believes that a combination of the above--mentioned actions as well as the subsequent debt financing described in Note 15, will provide the funding necessary to alleviate substantial doubt about the company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

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