 CUPERTINO, CA, May 01, 2020 GLOBE NEWSWIRE -- via NEWMEDIAWIRE -- Aemetis, Inc. AMTX announced today that it has commenced deliveries under a long-term agreement with Messer to supply carbon dioxide CO2 to a newly-constructed, state-of-the-art CO2 plant located adjacent to the Aemetis ethanol plant. This week, the Aemetis 65 million gallon per year ethanol plant began supplying CO2 to Messer for processing into liquid CO2 a key product in the food freezing and chilling, carbonated beverage, and electronics sectors. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the supply of liquid CO2 has been significantly disrupted in California and throughout the United States as ethanol production plants have decreased production rates. 