POET Biorefining – Leipsic will host a grand opening ceremony January 10 to mark the beginning of ethanol production. This facility will be the first operating ethanol plant in the state of Ohio and POET’s 22nd ethanol production facility. Among the speakers scheduled to kick off the new plant are Renewable Fuels Association president Bob Dinneen, Ohio Governor Ted Strickland …
VeraSun Gets Two For One
VeraSun Energy has broken ground on a new Oil Extraction Facility in Aurora, South Dakota. The new facility will use technology that enables the large ethanol producer to generate two renewable fuels from one kernel of corn. VeraSun Energy Corporation, one of the nation’s largest ethanol producers, today announced that it began work on an oil extraction facility at its …
VeraSun Recives Venture Award
VeraSun Energy, headquartered in South Dakota, was recently honored with one of ten Iowa Venture Awards by the Iowa Area Development Group (IADG). VeraSun is one of the nation’s largest ethanol producers and is nearing completion a 100 million gallon ethanol production plant in Hartley, Iowa to complement their other two Iowa facilities located in Fort Dodge and Charles City. …
Indiana Approves Coal Power Plant
Indiana utility regulators have given Duke Energy the go-ahead to construct a new clean coal power plant. The plant will be constructed in Edwardsport, IN. If the project proceeds, it will be the first commercial-scale coal gasification power plant built in the United States in the last 10 years. The approximately 630-megawatt plant will use advanced integrated gasification combined cycle …
Invenergy Expands throughout North America and Europe
Invenergy Wind LLC is looking ahead to 2009. The energy company plans to secure 800 MW of wind turbines for 2009 projects in both North America and Europe. Invenergy Wind LLC announced that it has contracted with General Electric Company to purchase an additional 800 MW of wind turbines for use in projects slated for construction in 2009 in North …
Allegro Gets on Board with Biomass
Investments in bioenergy are smart investments for Allegro Biodiesel. Allegro is moving to diversify the bio-energy sector and acquire a biomass energy company in Colorado. Allegro Biodiesel Corporation has announced that it has extended a $500,000 bridge loan to Littleton, Colorado-based Community Power Corporation as a first step in potentially acquiring the company. Established in 1995, privately-held CPC is a …
Continential Aqcuires Biofuels Corp.
Biofuels is the biz to be in for Continental Energy Corporation. The energy company is expanding to incorporate biofuels in Delaware. Continental Energy Corporation has announced that it has cofounded a new, partially-owned, special purpose, joint venture subsidiary incorporated in Delaware named Continental Biofuels Corporation. The Company subscribed and purchased 1,000 shares of the 2,500 issued and fully paid share …
POET Celebrates 20 Years
Hardly anyone knew what ethanol was 20 years ago, but that is when the company formally known as Broin started in the ethanol business. United States Senator John Thune, South Dakota Lieutenant Governor Dennis Daugaard and other elected officials helped the company now known as POET celebrate at their corporate headquarters in Sioux Falls, S.D. “Jeff Broin and POET were …
Closed Loop Plant Closing
An innovative “closed loop” ethanol plant in Nebraska shut down last week as the company filed bankruptcy, according to a report in the Omaha World Herald. E3 BioFuels opened in June as a model for using energy from biogas derived from cattle manure and cellulosic biomass to power the plant. Manure from 28,000 head of cattle in a nearby feedlot …
Ohio is Getting Windier
Ohio is embracing wind energy. The Ohio Business Development Coalition says wind energy is a prominent option for meeting the needs of a growing renewable energy industry. The OBDC is a nonprofit organization that recruits opportunities for capital investment in the state and it says the development of wind power is one opportunity the state is poised to take on. …