In Illinois, Marquis Incorporated announced a plan for the Marquis Industrial Park to be the world’s first carbon-neutral industrial park with on-site carbon injection. Last week Marquis began drilling its first 5,000-foot test well to determine the total capacity available for carbon sequestration in the Mt. Simon Sandstone on its site. The Marquis Family will […]
In Wisconsin, Reuters reports that Marquis Energy has decided to cut ethanol production at its Necedah facility following the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to award 31 hardship waivers to small refineries under the Renewable Fuel Standard. The 100 million gallon per year facility will wind down production for an unknown period of time but the […]
In Illinois, Marquis Energy, one of the premier ethanol producers in the U.S., is installing the Fluid Quip Process Technologies Selective Grind Technology at the Hennepin, Illinois, facility. The Hennepin FQPT SGT System will be the largest installation to date at an ethanol facility worldwide. FQPT has installed 15 SGT systems producing over 1.2 billion […]
In China, Reuters reports that Marquis Energy believes US ethanol exports to China could reach 400,000 metric tons this year as long as an additional 15% tariff isn’t added to the current 30% tariff in retaliation for US steel import tariffs. Some estimates had been as high as 800,000 tons but the threat of higher […]
In Illinois, Marquis Energy is investing $180 million to expand its ethanol plant, with extra capacity coming online in about nine months. The expansion project has been delayed but still went forward anyway following a civil suit over property tax abatements. Illinois Valley Community College felt it was getting the short end of the proverbial […]
In Illinois, Marquis Energy has put on hold the planned expansion of its 140 million gallon per year ethanol plant in Hennepin due to a dispute with Putnam County Assessment Office. The office valued the facility at $26.8 million for 2011 as well as 2010, though the company says that is roughly double the assessed […]
