Ethanex Energy Inc. has selected Waltonville, Illinois as the location for a new 132 million gallon per year ethanol plant.

According to a press release, this is the Kansas-based company’s third planned facility in the region along with Ethanex at SEMO and Ethanex at Northeast Kansas.

This plant will incorporate the Company’s proprietary fractionation technology making it one of the largest and most efficient ethanol plants in the country. The 169-acre site would also have access to both the Union-Pacific Railroad and the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad.