Talk:Imperium Renewables
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I’m Randy Bolerjack, a public affairs consultant at Nyhus Communications, and Imperium Renewables is one of our clients. We often check the Wikipedia articles on our clients and related topics to ensure they are up to date and accurate. For the Wikipedia article on Imperium Renewables, we noticed it is out of date and includes some inaccurate information, so I would like to offer revisions to this article to reflect additional and updated information. Due to the potential conflict of interest (I consult for the company in question), I would like to present the following changes to be considered and verified by an editor.
• The information about Seattle Biodiesel and Imperium Hawaii is out of date. While Imperium Renewables was the parent company of these wholly owned subsidiaries, both of them no longer exist. Seattle Biodiesel was sold to General Biodiesel in 2009 and Imperium Renewables Hawaii was dissolved in 2010.
• The company is based in Seattle, but also has a primary production facility in Aberdeen, Washington. The article should be updated to reflect this.
o Source: ICIS News. "Imperium Renewables restarts Grays Harbor biodiesel refinery". ICIS.com. Retrieved 12 Oct 2011.
• The company has recently recovered from the economic hardship listed in the article. Changes in market demand, new environmental regulations and renewable energy mandates in Oregon and Canada allowed them to reopen their facility and resume production. The article should be updated to reflect this.
o Source: Cook, John. “Once left for dead, Imperium makes comeback as biodiesel plant roars back to life”. Geekwire. Retrieved 16 Dec 2011.
o Source: Jones, Jacob. “A renewed Imperium”. Aberdeen Daily World. Retrieved 12/16/2011.
o Source: Jones, Jacob. “Aberdeen biodiesel plant humming 24 hours a day”. Seattle Times. Retrieved
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o Source: Bernton, Hal. “In Person: Biodiesel advocate Plaza says Imperium is renewed”. Seattle Times. Retrieved 19 Dec 2011.
• The company has been awarded several grants to develop bio-mass derived jet fuel in partnership with LanzaTech, Boeing and PNNL. The article should be updated to reflect this.
o Source: Cook, John. “Imperium, Boeing consortium wins DOE grant to develop renewable jet fuel”. Geekwire. Retrieved 16 Dec 2011.
o Source: Lane, Jim. “Imperium, PNNL developing catalytic process for alcohol-to jet fuel conversion”. Biofuels Digest. Retrieved 16 Dec 2011.
o Source: Lane, Jim. “FAA awards 8 key grants to catalyze renewable jet fuel”. Biofuels Digest. Retrieved 16 Dec 2011.
• The company has made a practice of hiring veterans, and currently employs a high percentage at their facility. The article should be updated to reflect this.
o Source: Jones, Jacob. “Veterans prove to be valuable hires at Imperium”. Aberdeen Daily World. Retrieved 16 Dec 2011.
• The information regarding the law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is inaccurate. Wilson Sonsini has never officially represented Imperium Renewables in any legal manner.
With these changes implemented, the article would appear something like this:
Imperium Renewables, Inc. is a renewable energy company based in [Washington] with [[1]] production facilities in [Washington]. It was founded in 2004 by John Plaza, the current CEO.
Imperium [1] opened its [Harbor] facility in 2007. However, the company experienced financial hardships when the European Union imposed a tariff on United States’ biodiesel, forcing them to suspend production in mid 20091. Imperium remained in business as a biodiesel storage facility.
Recent changes in regional market demand and new environmental regulations have since led the company into recovery2. Imperium restarted its operations in March 2010, producing biodiesel from canola-based vegetable oil3. As of December 2011 the company has posted eight consecutive quarters of profitability4. The company currently exports to markets in [[2]], [Columbia] and [[3]] and has plans to expand to additional areas5.
The stable financial situation has allowed Imperium to expand their production beyond biodiesel6. The company is currently using the funds from several recent grant awards to develop renewable, [[4]] [fuel] in partnership with LanzaTech, [[5]] and [[6]]789.
The company has made a priority of recruiting and hiring local displaced workers and [[7]]. As of August 2011, five of the 42 employees at the Grays Harbor facility were veterans10 and the company plans to expand this percentage.
External Links
• Imperium Renewables official website
• Port of Grays Harbor official website
• LanzaTech official website
• The Boeing Company official website
• Pacific Northwest National Laboratories official website
1Galbraith, Kate. "A Biodiesel Maker’s Tale of Woe". New York Times.
Retrieved 12 Oct 2011.
2Cook, John. “Once left for dead, Imperium makes comeback as biodiesel plant roars back to life”. Geekwire. Retrieved 16 Decr 2011.
3ICIS News. "Imperium Renewables restarts Grays Harbor biodiesel refinery". ICIS.com. http://www.icis.com/Articles/2010/03/10/9341641/imperium-renewables-restarts-grays-harbor-biodiesel.html. Retrieved 12 Oct 2011.
4Bernton, Hal. “In Person: Biodiesel advocate Plaza says Imperium is renewed”. Seattle Times. Retrieved 19 Dec 2011.
5Jones, Jacob. “A renewed Imperium”. Aberdeen Daily World. Retrieved 12/16/2011.
6Jones, Jacob. “Aberdeen biodiesel plant humming 24 hours a day”. Seattle Times. Retrieved 16 Dec 2011.
7Cook, John. “Imperium, Boeing consortium wins DOE grant to develop renewable jet fuel”. Geekwire. Retrieved 16 Dec 2011.
8Lane, Jim. [http://biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2011/09/28/imperium-pnnl-developing-catalytic-process-for-alcohol-to-jet-
fuel-conversion/ “Imperium, PNNL developing catalytic process for alcohol-to jet fuel conversion”]. Biofuels Digest. Retrieved 16 Dec 2011.
9Lane, Jim. “FAA awards 8 key grants to catalyze renewable jet fuel”. Biofuels Digest. Retrieved 16 Dec 2011.
10Jones, Jacob. “Veterans prove to be valuable hires at Imperium”. Aberdeen Daily World. Retrieved 16 Dec 2011.
Something else I noticed is that this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperium_renewables (Imperium renewables with a lowercase r) redirects to the Wikipedia page of law firm Wilson Sonsini. It also redirects if you search for Imperium renewables. Imperium Renewables with a capital R works just fine, though. Imperium renewables should also go the Imperium Renewables page.
- Hi Randy, Looks like the redirect is now fixed. As for your edits, it's going to be hard to reformat them for the article. Could you create a sandbox version or at least inline them using the <ref>[http://someurl.com Some Title]</ref> wikimarkup? When you are done, please remove the tld tag from the request edit template to place the article back in the que. If you need help, please see WP:PAIDHELP. Cheers! Woz2 (talk) 02:02, 13 July 2012 (UTC)