California Ethanol + Power (CE+P) has announced a contract with Hoffman Construction Company to design and construct Sugar Valley Energy, a new ethanol biorefinery campus near the city of Brawley in Imperial County.

“This agreement is the culmination of months of cooperation and review, and along with diligent financing efforts will advance the project to the final stages of our development process,” said Dave Rubenstein, President and CEO of California Ethanol + Power.

Located within the Imperial Valley’s vast agricultural basin, Sugar Valley Energy (SVE) is a shovel-ready multi-plant campus consisting of a sugarcane-to-ethanol biorefinery, bioelectrical power plant, and wastewater treatment and biogas production facility. The new campus will supply critically needed infrastructure for the region, excess power, biogas and wastewater treatment capacity for Imperial County communities. SVE also represents an economic boost for Imperial County and the region, with an investment of more than $1 Billion into its development and construction.

SVE will provide a long-term economically sustainable market for approximately 50,000 acres of sugarcane crop to produce the feedstock needed for its planned ethanol production. The project will secure long-term agreements with dozens of area farmers, providing a reliable and profitable crop for participating growers. Highly suited for growth in the Imperial Valley climate, sugarcane has a water requirement like the region’s existing dominant crops.