Prairie Horizon Agri-Energy, LLC is celebrating the grand opening of its 40 million gallon per year ethanol biorefinery near Phillipsburg, KS. Prairie Horizon Agri-Energy President Monte Abell says, “This project is the result of the commitment of a visionary board and the support of the community. They had a clear recognition of our need for renewable fuels and an economic …

Aberdeen Energy and Glacial Lakes Energy broke ground Thursday on a state-of-the-art 100 million gallon ethanol biorefinery near Mina, South Dakota. To produce the 100 million gallons of ethanol and 288,000 tons of distillers grains annually, Aberdeen Energy will consume 36 million bushels of corn. Equity for the new facility was raised entirely from South Dakotans during a three-day equity …

MO Ethanol is on the way. The grand opening for Missouri Ethanol will be Monday, Sept. 25 on the plant site near Laddonia, Mo. The event will include public tours of the facility and a fly-over from the Vanguard Squadron, the world’s only 100 percent ethanol-powered aerobatic fleet. Several dignitaries will be on hand to celebrate the event, including U.S. …

Broin Companies is officially announcing plans this week to build a $100 million ethanol production facility near Leipsic, Ohio with Summit Ethanol. In addition, Broin is exploring three other Ohio locations for ethanol facilities, two of which are Marion and Fostoria, both located in northwest Ohio as is Leipsic. According to Bob Berens, Broin Companies Director of Site Development. “We …

Here’s another from the “Better Late Than Never” file. Okay, so it’s only a couple of weeks old… sent August 18. Illinois River Energy announced plans to double the size of its ethanol production facility under construction near Rochelle, from 50 million gallons of ethanol per year to 100 million gallons annually. The plant hasn’t even opened yet and already …

Texas-based Panda Energy has announced plans to build a 100 million gallon per year ethanol plant in Sherman County, Texas. According to a news release, the Sherman plant will generate the steam used in the ethanol manufacturing process by gasifying more than 1 billion pounds of cattle manure a year. Once complete, it will be one of the most fuel …

Green Plains Renewable Energy has announced that Agra Industries will be the builder for its second 50 million gallon ethanol plant in Iowa. The company is currently building a 50 million gallon facility in Shenandoah, Iowa. The second plant will be located near Superior. With the two plants, GPRE expects to have the capacity to produce at least 110 million …

Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings, Inc., has finalized its purchase of land from the Aurora Cooperative in Aurora, Neb. to build a 220 million gallon per year ethanol plant. The site is adjacent to an existing 50 million gallon ethanol facility operated by Nebraska Energy, LLC., of which Aventine is a majority partner/owner. Aventine has also announced that it will be …