he Penn State Workforce Education and Development Initiative conducted an analysis that provides an estimate of the economic impacts of ethyl alcohol manufacturing in Clearfield County and produced an Economic and Workforce Brief, “Potential Role of Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing in the Economy of Clearfield County.”
 
Bioenergy International LLC announced during August 2006 that they will build a plant, called Bionol Clearfield, in the Clearfield County Technology Park. The plant is anticipated to be operational in 2008 and is expected to produce 108 million gallons of corn-based and cellulosic ethanol per year.  For more information about Bioenergy International and its new plant, Bionol Clearfield, refer to:
http://www.bioenergyllc.com
http://www.bioenergyllc.com/projects.htm#clearfield
http://BionolClearfield.notlong.com

The analysis in the Brief focuses on the impact of the basic organic chemical manufacturing industry in Clearfield County, of which ethyl alcohol manufacturing will be a part. The Brief quantifies the role of every 100 workers employed by the basic organic chemical manufacturing industry in generating jobs, compensation, and property taxes in the region. This Brief helps explain the potential impact of ethyl alcohol manufacturing to the extent that ethyl alcohol manufacturing follows patterns of industry supply and compensation that are similar to its parent industry, basic organic chemical manufacturing.

Caution is recommended in the interpretation of estimates contained in the Brief. For instance, every 100 jobs in basic organic chemical manufacturing are associated with 316 jobs in other industries that supply basic organic chemical manufacturing with goods and services that the industry needs for its production processes. The levels of job, compensation, and tax impacts estimated in the Brief are possible only if the supply chain of industries that sell to basic organic chemical manufacturing is established and operating within Clearfield County. Otherwise, these potential local jobs will be exported to suppliers outside Clearfield County. Industry development and skill creation for Clearfield County enterprises that will supply the Bionol plant are critical.

An analysis behind a Penn State Economic & Workforce Brief targets an industry (a group of establishments providing similar products or services), not an individual firm. As a result, economic and workforce impacts calculated for a Brief represent an industry average, not the impacts generated by an individual firm.

For additional information about this Brief or about the work of the Penn State Workforce Education and Development Initiative, contact Rose M. Baker (814.865.9919) or David L. Passmore (814.863.2583). To view other Brief reports produced about other Pennsylvania industries and regions, navigate to:
http://PSUBrief.notlong.com