This letter was a collaborative effort from James Seurer, CEO Glacial Lakes Energy; Erik Osmon, GM Bushmills Ethanol; Steve Roe, GM Little Sioux Corn Processors; James Broghammer, CEO Homeland Energy Solutions; and Nick Bowdish, CEO Siouxland Ethanol and Elite Octane. Special to The Digest The More Things Change the More They Stay the Same Truer […]
In Iowa, Platts reports that Elite Octane’s new 120 million gallon per year ethanol plant started crushing corn this week, just in time to load extra supplies of DDGS on the local market ahead of the holiday weekend when stocks are high and demand is low. Some plants are offering DDGS at a $20/ton discount […]
In Iowa, the Elite Octane project set for Atlantic has been pulled from the brink after the Cass County Board of Commissioners approved a letter of intent with the project’s developers, agreeing to invest $4.4 million in infrastructure improvements including roads and a pipeline to transport gray water from the community’s wastewater treatment plant for […]
In Iowa, the attempt to develop the Elite Octane ethanol plant in Atlantic fell apart last week after negotiations with the local utility broke down when after agreeing on 6.5 cents per kilowatt hour the company came back asking for 5.6 cents in line with what other companies are reportedly paying. As the utility has […]
In Iowa, construction is set to start early in the new year on a new $196 million corn-based ethanol plant in Cass County. With an eye on producing about 120 million gallons of fuel annually, Elite Octane are still finalizing an agreement with county officials over the exact details regarding tax rebates, infrastructure investment and […]
In Iowa, Elite Octane is negotiating with Cass County on an incentives package to develop a new 120 million gallon ethanol plant with several proposals going back and forth predominantly dealing with tax rebates during the first 10 years of the plant’s life. The state’s economic development agency already has secured a $4.25 million sales […]
