Suncor to restart ethanol expansion in Canada as ethanol fortunes revive

In Canada, Suncor said that it has restarted work on increasing the capacity of its St. Clair ethanol plant in Sarnia, Ontario to 105 Mgy. The $120 million project was halted in January due to economic conditions. The company had cut its capital expenditures by 70 percent for 2009.

The company said that the expanded ethanol plant and four wind energy projects would allow the company to offset up to a million tonnes of CO2. The project is now expected to be completed by early 2011. At the same time, the company has restarted work on its $20.6 billion Voyageur oilsands mine project.

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