100 Mgy corn ethanol plant in Georgia to complete construction next month

In Georgia, the $185 million 100 Mgy First United Ethanol (FUEL) corn ethanol plant in Mitchell County announced that it will complete construction in August and will commence production in October. It will be the first large-scale ethanol plant in the US Southeast.

The company said last month that it had completed construction of its grain storage silos in Camilla.

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