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Construction of five-acre algae farm begins at ethanol plant – Ethanol Producer Magazine
Article by Kris Bevill – Feb. 2, 2012
BioProcess Algae LLC and Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc. announced Feb. 1 that they have begun constructing a five acre algae production facility in southwest Iowa at the site of Green Plains’ 65 MMgy ethanol plant near Shenandoah. Construction of the algae facility is expected to progress quickly and the facility is slated to begin operating in the third quarter of this year.
The five acre facility is the next step in a long-term algae production project being carried out by BioProcess Algae, a joint venture between Green Plains, water filtration product manufacturer Clarcor Inc., clean-tech research and development company BioHoldings Ltd., and global renewable energy investment group NTR plc. Since first installing its trademarked Grower Harvester bioreactors at the Shenandoah plant in 2009, the project has continually met or exceeded its expectations, with the latest expansion being no exception. The company announced last fall that it planned to construct the five-acre farm in the spring and is now moving ahead as scheduled. But the successful scaling-up process has brought with it unexpected challenges on the demand side.
BioProcess Algae Groundbreaking – Video by KMA
Ethanol plant in Iowa to expand algae production – Minneapolis Star Tribune
Article by David Shaffer – Feb. 2, 2012
A Midwest ethanol company says it will begin building a five-acre production facility to grow algae fed by carbon dioxide emitted by its ethanol plant in Shenandoah, Iowa.
The project, which uses technology developed by BioProcess Algae, is the next step toward commercial production of algae for animal feed, fuel, Omega-3 oils and other uses, the companies said in a news release.
Green Plains Renewable Energy, based in Omaha, owns nine ethanol plants, including one in Fergus Falls. It is the first ethanol maker to focus on producing algae using byproduct carbon dioxide from an ethanol plant.
BioProcess Algae, Great Plains Renewable Energy break ground on new plant – Omaha Public Radio
Article by Katie Schubert – Feb. 2, 2012
A Rhode Island-based biofuels company is expanding its operation at a southwest Iowa plant.
BioProcess Algae broke ground Wednesday on a five-acre facility at the Green Plains Energy ethanol plant in Shenandoah. BioProcess opened a demonstration plant in 2009 at GPRE’s Shenandoah campus. The facility captures the waste products used to make ethanol, and uses them to grow algae. The algae is then used in animal feed.
BioProcess Algae and Green Plains Break Ground on Five Acre Production Facility in Shenandoah, Iowa – Press Release
BioProcess Algae and Green Plains Break Ground on Five Acre Production Facility in Shenandoah, Iowa
OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 1, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BioProcess Algae LLC and Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq: GPRE) announced that they will start construction of BioProcess Algae’s five acre production facility at Green Plains’ ethanol plant in Shenandoah, Iowa. The project will be comprised of a combination of at scale Grower HarvesterTMbioreactors and a plant to further dewater and process the algae into finished product. The horizontal reactors have been successfully running outdoors since the fall of 2011 and this marks the next step in the project to commercialize algae focused on markets for animal feed, fuel, omega-3 products and high-value nutraceuticals.
“After a successful rollout of the horizontal reactors at full commercial scale, we are eager to move forward with this project producing meaningful quantities of dried wholesale algae for use in products now,” said Todd Becker, President and Chief Executive Officer of Green Plains. “This new phase will mark the successful transition to a larger footprint located adjacent to our Shenandoah, Iowa ethanol plant which will provide the basic inputs the bioreactors need: carbon dioxide, warm water and heat.”
“Our technology has successfully brought algae directly into the sunlight using limited inputs while increasing growth rates,” says Tim Burns, Chief Executive Officer of BioProcess Algae. “We continue to work with potential strategic customers including major food, animal feed, energy and pharmaceutical companies around the world,” continued Burns. “Often times, this is the first access they have had to larger quantities of wholesale algae. Our goal is to produce algae in a cost effective manner that can be used as the customer sees fit.”
BioProcess Algae Grower Harvester bioreactors located in Shenandoah, Iowa have been continually running since their Phase I launch in October 2009.
About BioProcess Algae, LLC
BioProcess Algae provides a carbon capture technology for low cost, high quality feedstock production for nutrition, animal feeds and biofuels. BioProcess Algae is a joint venture among CLARCOR Inc. (NYSE:CLC), a global provider of filtration products, BioHoldings LTD, a clean-tech research & development company, Green Plains Renewable Energy, and the international renewable energy group NTR plc, which builds and runs green energy and resource-sustaining businesses.
About Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc.
Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq: GPRE) is North America’s fourth largest ethanol producer. The Company markets and distributes approximately one billion gallons of renewable motor fuel on an annual basis, including 740 million gallons of expected production from the Company’s nine ethanol plants located throughout the U.S. Green Plains owns and operates grain handling and storage assets and provides complementary agronomy services to local grain producers through its agribusiness segment. Green Plains owns BlendStar LLC, a biofuels terminal operator with locations in the southern U.S. Green Plains is a joint venture partner in BioProcess Algae LLC, which was formed to commercialize advanced photo-bioreactor technologies for the growing and harvesting of algal biomass.
Safe Harbor
This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. Such statements are identified by the use of words such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “goal,” “intends,” “plans,” “potential,” “predicts,” “should,” “will,” and other words and terms of similar meaning in connection with any discussion of future operating or financial performance. Such statements are based on management’s current expectations and are subject to various factors, risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results, outcome of events, timing and performance to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Green Plains may experience significant fluctuations in future operating results due to a number of economic conditions, including, but not limited to, competition in the ethanol and other industries in which the Company competes, commodity market risks, financial market risks, counter-party risks, risks associated with changes to federal policy or regulation, risks related to closing and achieving anticipated results from acquisitions, risks associated with the Company’s joint venture to commercialize algae production and commercialize algae-related products and technology as well as market acceptance of such products, the growth potential of the algal biomass industry, and other risks detailed in the Company’s reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, as amended, and in the Company’s subsequent filings with the SEC. Green Plains assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. The cautionary statements in this report expressly qualify all of the Company’s forward-looking statements. In addition, the Company is not obligated, and does not intend, to update any of its forward-looking statements at any time unless an update is required by applicable securities laws.
CONTACT: Jim Stark, Vice President – Investor and Media Relations
Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc.
(402) 884-8700
Source: Green Plains Renewable Energy
Work begins on algae-based feed plant – Omaha World-Herald
World-Herald News Service – Feb. 2, 2012
SHENANDOAH, Iowa — Shenandoah’s BioProcess Algae and Green Plains Renewable Energy broke ground Wednesday on the construction of its five-acre production plant at Green Plains in Shenandoah.
The project’s Grower Harvester bioreactors, or ponds, have been effectively running outdoors since late August 2011. This groundbreaking marks the third phase in the project to commercialize algae for feed and high-value nutraceutical markets. Phase one of algae production launched in October 2009.
The Top 100 People in Bioenergy 2011-12: #51 through #75
Article by: Jim Lane, Biofuels Digest – Dec. 29, 2011
Biofuels Digest named BioProcess Algae CEO, Tim Burns, to its list of “The Top 100 People in Bioenergy” for 2011-12. Find out here why he made the list.
The Top 100 People in Bioenergy, 2011-12
Article by: Jim Lane, Biofuels Digest – Dec. 26, 2011
Find the list for “The Top 100 People in Bioenergy, 2011-12″ here.
2011 – The Year in Algae – Algae Industry Magazine
December 13, 2011
Algae Industry Magazine takes a look at the industry in 2011 and features BioProcess Algae.
