Aemetis Accelerates Biodiesel Sales Activity in India after Recent Deregulation of Diesel Market

Low Cost Market Leader Provides Significant Discount to Diesel without Subsidies

CUPERTINO, CA / ACCESSWIRE / March 30, 2015 / Aemetis, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMTX), an advanced renewable fuels and biochemicals company, today announced that sales activity is accelerating in India after the Government of India deregulated sales by biodiesel producers into the diesel market in January 2015.

India’s GDP is slated to grow more than 8% per year for the next 5 to 10 years. The India diesel market is currently about 25 billion gallons per year, which is significantly larger than the current gasoline market of 5 billion gallons per year.

In October 2014, India ended fuel subsidies which had cost the Government of India approximately $11 billion during the prior year. In January 2015, the Government of India took further steps to support biodiesel production and distribution by allowing biodiesel manufacturers such as Aemetis to sell to customers directly, without distributing through the three national oil marketing companies.

“The elimination of the fuel subsidy and the termination of the requirement to sell biodiesel through government fuel marketers opens up a very large market in India,” said Eric McAfee, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Aemetis. “The existing commercial scale biodiesel producers in India have combined capacity of only about 250 million gallons per year, of which Aemetis is a leader in quality and price.”

“The removal of barriers to the sale of biodiesel in India has opened a market for up to 5 billion gallons per year of biodiesel at a 20% blend with diesel,” said Sanjeev Gupta, Managing Director of the Universal Biofuels Private Ltd. subsidiary of Aemetis.

Aemetis has production capacity of about 50 million gallons per year (190 million liters) at the Kakinada facility located on the East Coast of India.  At full production, the revenue potential from this refinery is approximately $180 million per year. Aemetis has expanded its sales team, selling to customers including the Indian Railways, bus and truck fleets, and diesel generators.

About Aemetis

Headquartered in Cupertino, California, Aemetis is an advanced renewable fuels and biochemicals company focused on the acquisition, development and commercialization of innovative technologies that replace traditional petroleum-based products by the conversion of first-generation ethanol and biodiesel plants into advanced biorefineries. Founded in 2006, Aemetis owns and operates a 60 million gallon per year ethanol production facility in the California Central Valley near Modesto. Aemetis also owns and operates a 50 million gallon per year renewable chemical and advanced fuel production facility on the East Coast of India producing high quality distilled biodiesel and refined glycerin for customers in India and Europe. Aemetis operates a research and development laboratory at the Maryland Biotech Center, and holds a portfolio of patents and related technology licenses for the production of renewable fuels and biochemicals. For additional information about Aemetis, please visit www.aemetis.com.

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SOURCE: Aemetis, Inc.

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