110 Mgy Wahoo Ethanol project may be unfeasible with gas, corn prices: local official

In Nebraska, speculation has mounted that E85 will halt construction of the 110 Mgy Wahoo Ethanol facility, where construction had been previously slowed by weather. Lavista Sun reported that Wahoo Economic Development Director Doug Watts said that rising corn and natural gas prices made the plant unfeasible.

Washington Group International announced last November that it had been awarded the procurement, construction, commissioning, and start-up service contracts by E85 for three 110 Mgy ethanol plants in Wahoo, Neb., Red Oak, Iowa and Council Bluffs, Iowa. WTotal project cost of $750 million was reported by E85.

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