California’s Hanford City Council set to vote on 63 Mgy ethanol plant

In California, the Hanford City Council is set to vote on a 63 Mgy corn ethanol plant proposed by Great Valley Ethanol. Opposition to the plant’s construction has focused on noise and emission issues.

California is home to Pacific Ethanol, which has been bulding first-generation corn ethanol plants in an attempt to dominate the West Coast ethanol market, but corn ethanol has proiven tough sledding in the market. Pacific Ethanol received an $11.5 million bail out from the state of California late last year, and a $40 million injection from a supplier, to have funds to continue operations. The company suspended construction on its ethanol plant near Calipatria, in the Imperial Valley, but confirmed that it would  attain its 220 Mgy production target in 2008, saying that its ethanol plants in Stockton and Magic Valley would remain on track for completion.

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