Executing Team (October 2025 Update) 

Benchmark Renewable Energy engineering upgrades and new operating Business Model is based on decades of experience and proven “best operating practices” developed in different processing industries all over the world.

The new fundamental competitive advantages that benchmark deploys to biofuels are based on:

  • Processing Equipment and Systems installed across the globe for utilization in processes that include production of fuel grade advanced biofuel, cellulosic advanced biofuel processes, renewable fertilizer, corn, sugar, citrus, molasses, bio-concentrates, fish rendering, food-grade alfalfa protein, distilleries, breweries, protein extraction, meat protein and fat separation, animal feeds formulation/digestibility and essence aromas/oils.

  • Patented Technologies that lower Capex and operating costs, reduce carbon footprints, and improve operational efficiency of biofuel plants.

  • Long History of commercial deployment of anaerobic digesters, providing most competitive and complete biogas production and utilization in the industry. (Energy Savings in CHP and elimination of hydrocarbons in the process)

  • Proprietary Designs and Applications include highly efficient water removal systems for fluid concentration, solids drying and oil extraction.

  • Cost-Effective Covered Anaerobic Digester Systems design proven in industrial and municipal wastewater applications.

  • Benchmark Systems incorporate collection, mixing, piping, clean-up, compression, and utilization for renewable natural gas (RNG).

  • Experience in improving operating margins and yields across a variety of industrial processes.

  • Experience in implementing new technologies to industrial scale operations.

  • Execution and proven performance reputation developed while working with Fortune 100 List of Global Clients for over seven decades.

    To pursue the now business opportunities in the biofuel industry, the Company assembled a team of strategic partners to execute Benchmark’s Business Model and conversions of conventional biofuel plants.

The principal key partners are:

Corval Group is a St. Paul, Minnesota based industrial general contractor providing construction, fabrication and solutions nation-wide. With almost 100 years of experience, Corval delivers quality, process efficiency and schedule performance. The company has grown over the years into a full-service industrial general contractor offering Construction, Engineering and Fabrication expertise for a variety of industries including; Power & Energy, Oil & Gas, Refining, Petrochemical, Food & Beverage and Industrial Manufacturing. The Corval team is committed to building confidence and executing excellence on every project.

NAES Corporation is the energy industry’s largest independent provider of operations and maintenance services—currently operating about 120 plants producing some 34,000MW throughout the Americas with over 4,000 employees and revenues in excess of $600 million. NAES Corporation has contracted with Benchmark to provide full Operations & Maintenance (O&M) services. NAES has a Remote Operations Center (ROC) in Atlanta, Georgia, which utilizes the latest in automation and includes AI prognostication tools for O&M. Benchmark’s Raeford facility will be included in the ROC coverage, in addition to full on-site staffing and monitoring 24/7. In July 2025, NAES aquired the assets and operations of PIC Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of Marubeni Corporation,

CHS Inc: Feedstock procurement for the biofuel project(s) will be provided by CHS.

CHS is a fortune 100 company owned by agricultural cooperatives, farmers and ranchers. Based in Inner Groves Heights, Minnesota, is ranked 1st in the National Cooperative Bank Co-op 100 list with revenues of $32 billion. CHS is the leading cooperative marketer of grain, with over 2 billion bushels distributed and sold in The United States and more than 60 countries worldwide.

CITGO is providing an Off-Take Agreement for 100% of the advanced biofuel produced by Benchmark. CITGO operates three oil refineries in the Gulf Coast and Midwest, a network of pipelines and terminals, as well as lubricants and blending plants across the country. Currently, CITGO is blending over 500 million gallons of fuel ethanol annually into their gasoline and is expecting Benchmark to become a strategic supplier of low carbon ethanol.

Benchmark is now joining CAFFI as a member, to pursue sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) production opportunities.