Green Plains to build new ethanol terminal in Alabama

In Alabama, Green Plains Renewable Energy announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, BlendStar, will build, own and operate a new ethanol unit train terminal in Birmingham, on the BNSF Railway. The new terminal will have 160,000 barrels of storage, and will receive full 96-car unit trains of ethanol, which can be offloaded within 24 hours.

The terminal is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2012 and will be served exclusively by the BNSF Railway. When complete, the terminal will provide a fully-automated rail unloading system with the initial capacity to distribute approximately 385,000 barrels of ethanol per month with 24-hour truck loading service.