100 Mgy White Energy plant opens in Texas as Lone Star State gears up as ethanol nexus

In Texas, the 100 Mgy White Energy plant in Hereford commenced production of corn ethanol. The company is expecting top open a second 100 Mgy facility in Planview next month. Panda Ethanol is also on track to open a 100 Mgy ethanol plant in Hereford later this year that will gasify 1 billion pounds of manure to provide its power. The 40 foot high pile of manure feedstock will be housed in a barn. By co-locating the ethanol plant with cattle feedlots, the companies will be able to sell wet distillers grains, compared to investing in a drying process as Midwestern corn ethanol plants typically do.

The CEO of Panda Ethanol said that it also intends to earn and sell carbon credits obtained at its 115 Mgy ethanol plant in Hereford, Texas. The company said that the reductions and resulting emissions credits will come from using a cow manure power system in place of a traditional natural gas supply to power the ethanol distillation process.

Recently, Panda canceled a 100 Mgy ethanol plant that was scheduled for construction near Wallace. Last month, the company received the air quality permit for its 115 Mgy ethanol plant in Muleshoe. The Muleshoe plant will utilize up to 500,000 tons of cattle manure per year to generate biogas that will be used for steam generation.

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