Denmark-based Hendricks Industries says it will build a $32 million plant in Keokuk, Iowa… the fifth wind turbine equipment maker to locate in the state that is also becoming a leader in wind energy production.
This story in the Des Moines Register says Iowa is riding the crest of the potential $10 billion wind energy market:
Already, Iowa has recruited heavy hitters such as Clipper Windpower, Acciona Energy and Siemens Power Generation.
“Iowa has a base that’s only going to grow as manufacturers like Siemens, Clipper and Acciona attract component suppliers,” said Randy Swisher, executive director of the American Wind Energy Association. He noted that wind turbines are made up of 8,000 components.
State and national leaders Wednesday said growth in the renewable energy industry has the potential to help revitalize areas of Iowa hard hit by manufacturing losses.
The deal also calls for Hendricks to spend $2.5 million upgrading the Southeast Iowa Port Terminal. The plant will employ about 380 workers making an average of more than $48,000 a year.
Surprise, surprise… petroleum giant Texas has cut some of the state’s incentives to biofuels makers. 
Rep. David Swinford, a Republican lawmaker from West Texas who wrote the original legislation, said Texas was betting the state’s future on “a depleting entity” by ignoring alternative fuels.
The U.S.’s first wholly-owned canola biodiesel plant has opened near Velva, North Dakota. The ADM plant is right next to ADM’s crushing facility and will produce 85 million gallons of biodiesel when it’s fully operational.
“This is an exciting time for North Dakota,” said Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D. “Our state has the potential to serve as the nation’s powerhouse. North Dakota’s vast resources can be used to reduce our nation’s dependence on foreign oil, control energy prices and grow our state’s economy. This plant in Velva is leading the way.”
The plant will use the equivalent of 600,000 acres of the state’s canola crop… a fact not lost on North Dakota’s Governor John Hoeven:
Kansas flex-fuel motorists can take advantage of bargain prices while pumping up the local economy at an E85 grand opening in Manhattan, Kansas on Friday. E85 will be available for $1.85 a gallon at the 
Next week, on Tuesday, Kum & Go, the 
“This event is meant to celebrate ethanol use in Iowa and to ramp up excitement for ISU’s homecoming week,” said Jerry Main, a corn grower and chairman of the Usage and Production Committee at Iowa Corn. “This event marks a great set of anniversaries: Iowa State is celebrating 150 years and Iowa Corn has been promoting ethanol for 30 years. I am also glad to see the partnership between Iowa Corn and Kum & Go benefiting Iowa consumers.”
“Switching to the new labels is voluntary but it enables fuel retailers to capitalize on growing consumer awareness and the national brand-building activities that are being spearheaded by EPIC,” said White. “More and more consumers are seeking out ethanol-enriched fuel and this branding program will help consumers find it simply by looking for the brand image that will be consistent from pump to pump and from city to city across Illinois — and, eventually, across the entire United States.”
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U.S. Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA) was among those attending a a grand opening and open house this week at Magellan Midstream Partners’ biodiesel blending facility in Mason City, Iowa.
“This is a perfect example of cooperation between energy companies — of companies working arm in arm instead of in competition with one another to solve a problem,” said Grassley.
Gusts of energy from 
Ohio has a lot of it, and now, one company has a breakthrough way of using it.