Lucas E3, Llc

E³ = Ethanol ~ Efficiency ~ Engineering Scott Lucas, founder of Lucas E³, has worked on ethanol plant design projects for over fifteen years and is a licensed Professional Engineer in most corn-producing states. After years of watching the industry struggle with antiquated plant designs, he decided to create his own ethanol services company to focus on more modern and efficient methods to produce ethanol. The resulting designs offer exceptional value to greenfield plant projects, yet can be retrofitted to existing plants to improve yield and profit margin. One example of Lucas E³ innovation is a unique, patent pending, process that utilizes waste heat recovered from the DDG Dryer exhaust to drive the distillation process, resulting in much greater energy efficiency than traditional designs. This is but one design approach which differentiates Lucas E³ from its competitors. Lucas E³ is a Controlled Growth company. The designs are innovative, yet we believe the implementation of new designs must be controlled over time to ensure minimum negative impact and maximum positive results. Historic rapid implementation before stabilization is, in the opinion of Lucas E³ engineering, one of the contributors of production inefficiency in existing plants. This has lead us to adopt Strategic Partnerships with proven experience to fuel our growth, which enables project control to be centralized within our governance. This also allows LucasE3 to control internal growth, yet be responsive to our client base while providing full engineering services.