REG to jump Ralston, Iowa biorefinery capacity to 30M gallons

November 6, 2016 |

In Iowa, REG announced plans for its first biorefinery capacity expansion today -a $24 million investment to increase REG Ralston’s annual nameplate production capacity to 30 million gallons.  The company will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for the project on Tuesday, November 8 with Iowa Governor Terry Branstad as the featured speaker.

Once completed, the Ralston expansion would increase REG’s cumulative nameplate capacity from its 11 active biomass-based diesel plants across the country to 470 million gallons annually.

When Renewable Energy Group built the 12 million gallon continuous flow biorefinery in Ralston, IA in 2001, REG was a division of the former West Central Cooperative (now Landus Cooperative).  The REG Ralston expansion announcement comes on the heels of Landus Cooperative expanding their adjacent soy crush operation.

The plant was then the largest biodiesel refinery in America. Over time, as REG grew into an independent company and became North America’s largest biomass-based diesel producer, the Ralston facility became the company’s smallest nameplate capacity. However, that is about to change.

”Ralston is where it all began for REG and the experience and lessons we have learned, and are still learning, have helped our company grow into what it is today,” said Daniel J. Oh, President and CEO.

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