US BioEnergy Breaks Ground on Corn Ethanol Plant
US BioEnergy Corporation has scheduled a groundbreaking ceremony for its US Bio
Superior Corn ethanol plant located near Lake Odessa, Michigan. US Bio Superior Corn will produce 45 million gallons of ethanol
a year from the facility, along with 136,000 tons of dried distiller’s grains. The facility will require about 16 million
bushels of corn to produce the fuel and grains. That corn is expected to be supplied from farms within a 60 mile radius
of the facility.
The time to construct the facility has been estimated
to be 16 months. The opening of the facility has been planned for the fall of 2006. The facility will employ 40.
US BioEnergy also
has a 100 million gallon per year facility under construction in Albert City, Iowa. As the company seeks to add more sites,
the company has entered into negotiations for a site in Janesville, Minnesota. That facility is also expected to be a 100
million gallon a year site.
