Absolutely Ethanol
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Posted by Cindy Zimmerman – August 24th, 2006
Absolute Energy and its farmer-owners broke ground on a new facility near St. Ansgar, Iowa today.
That’s Absolute, with an “e” on the end, for ethanol. These guys are planning on making alcohol for energy, not to be confused with Absolut, the vodka.
When complete, this state-of-the-art biorefinery will produce 100 million gallons of ethanol and 320,000 tons of distillers grains annually from 35 million bushels of local corn.
The picture is from the company website of some of Absolute’s board members: Rick Schwarck, President; Steve Neely; Greg Goplerup; Chris Schwarck, VP; and Tom Edgington.
Fagen, Inc. of Granite Falls, Minnesota is overseeing the construction and incorporating a process design provided by ICM, Inc. of Colwich, Kansas.
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Gary Dikkers
Has anybody commented yet on the fact that there will soon be more corn-to-ethanol plants built, under construction, or planned in Iowa than Iowa farms can possibly grow corn for?
Fortune Magazine
“Iowa State University economist Bob Wisner observes that if all those
plants are built, distilleries would use the entire Iowa corn harvest. In
South Dakota, ethanol distilleries are already claiming over half that
state’s crop. “
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