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Many Hope Plant Will Bring New Life To Ethanol Industry
By Mr Ethanol | March 24, 2008
LubbockOnline:
Hockley County farmers hope a new Levelland ethanol plant encourages more than fuel alternatives.
Cotton growers and board members hope the Levelland/Hockley County LLC plant that began producing its first gallons last week will encourage local farmers to rotate crops and breathe new life into a struggling elevator.
The 40 million-gallon a year plant began testing processes last week with corn, but hopes to switch over to milo within the next few months. About 30 local hires work to produce the potent fuel additive, and the plant will tap recycled city waste water to avoid straining the aquifer, plant general manager Sam Sacco said. Aquifer water mixed in during the process will help keep the yeast critical to the brewing alive - the city water is treated to too high a quality for the yeast to survive on the recycled water alone, he said.
Unlike larger ethanol operations in Hereford and under construction in Plainview, the Levelland plant ship the fuel to Lubbock for sale throughout West Texas.
But board members were less concerned about the end use of the renewable fuel than the agricultural benefits of adding a competitive new crop to the cotton-dominated region. Full article.
Photo: Staci Gray.
Topics: Agriculture, BizOp, Ethanol, Industry, News |
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