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Verasun To Become Largest Ethanol Producer
By Mr Ethanol | April 20, 2007
VeraSun Energy Corp., one the nation’s largest ethanol producers, is boosting its capacity by about a third with the early opening of its third biorefinery in Charles City , Iowa.
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When this plant reaches full production it will be able to produce 110 million gallons of ethanol each year using more than 39 million bushels of corn. The plant will also yield 350,000 tons of dried distillers’ grains as a byproduct of the ethanol process.
VeraSun operates near-identical ethanol plants in Fort Dodge, Iowa, and in Aurora. By building almost identical plants the company can share and homologise procedures, staff and spare parts which will contribute to efficiency.
The Charles City opening, nearly three months ahead of schedule, boosts the company’s production capacity to about 340 million gallons per year.
VeraSun has two additional plants under construction in Hartley , Iowa , and Welcome, Minnesota , which will increase its annual capacity to about 560 million gallons. This week the company has chosen Reynolds, Indiana, as the site for its sixth biorefinery.
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