The governor of Nebraska and representatives from the Renewable Fuels Association and the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council will be in “the Irish capital of Nebraska” this Friday for the groundbreaking of Holt County Ethanol, a subsidiary of Midwest Ethanol Producers.

The O’Neill plant will produce more than 100 million gallons of ethanol each year, along with 350,000 tons of dry distillers grain and will consume more than 37 million bushels of corn annually.

Midwest Ethanol has another plant in Holdrege, NE and is planning to build two other plants in the state at sites yet to be announced.