{"id":12333,"date":"2013-02-08T14:46:38","date_gmt":"2013-02-08T20:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=12333"},"modified":"2013-02-08T15:09:39","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T21:09:39","slug":"epa-approves-certification-gres-spiritwood-ag-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=12333","title":{"rendered":"EPA Approves Certification, GRE’s Spiritwood Ag-energy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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WASHINGTON (Feb 8, 2013) \u2013 Senator John Hoeven and Great River Energy (GRE) Friday announced that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved Renewable Fuel Standard-2 certification for the company\u2019s Dakota Spirit AgEnergy facility in the Spiritwood Park near Jamestown.<\/p>\n

Hoeven last summer pressed EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to expedite the approval process.<\/p>\n

Friday\u2019s notice of certification clears the way for GRE to market next generation biofuels as part of a model energy complex.<\/p>\n

Under the EPA\u2019s revised Renewable Fuel Standard, cornstarch-based ethanol production facilities built after 2007 are required to produce fuels containing 20 percent less carbon intensity than conventional transportation fuels.<\/p>\n

The EPA\u2019s approval certifies that Dakota Spirit AgEnergy meets the low-carbon threshold.<\/p>\n

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The Dakota Spirit AgEnergy biorefinery, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Great River Energy, will be located adjacent to Great River Energy\u2019s Spiritwood Station power plant near Jamestown and Spiritwood.<\/p>\n

Most of the energy needed to operate the corn-based biorefinery will come in the form of waste steam provided by Great River Energy\u2019s adjacent power plant.<\/p>\n

The power plant will go online once the ethanol plant is completed.<\/p>\n

To date, Dakota Spirit AgEnergy has completed business planning, engineering and now, RFS2 certification.<\/p>\n

Greg Ridderbusch, president of Dakota Spirit AgEnergy, and vice president of business development and strategy, Great River Energy, says, \u201cWe are pleased we could bring the EPA regulatory review of our unique RFS2 pathway to a successful and collaborative conclusion,\u201d<\/p>\n

The company will work to complete financing by spring and plans to break ground in the summer of 2013<\/p>\n

Plans are for the power plant to also provide low-cost steam power to the nearby Cargill malt plant.<\/p>\n

Dakota Spirit AgEnergy, currently a wholly-owned subsidiary of GRE, will have a significant impact on the local economy, creating 36 direct jobs in the community.<\/p>\n

The project will also create approximately 275 trade and construction jobs during the 18-month construction period.<\/p>\n

The biorefinery will use 23 million bushels of No. 2 yellow corn to produce annually 65 million gallons of ethanol, as well as corn oil and distiller\u2019s grains.<\/p>\n

Future growth opportunities for the biorefinery are also being explored, including emerging technologies such as cellulosic feed stocks, and the production of isobutanol, an organic compound used primarily as a solvent.<\/p>\n

The facility will also incorporate technology to meet the EPA\u2019s revised Renewable Fuel Standard, which requires cornstarch-based ethanol production facilities built after 2007 to have lifecycle carbon emissions 20 percent lower than conventional motor fuels.<\/p>\n

The Spiritwood Energy Park is a project that originated during Hoeven\u2019s governorship under Empower North Dakota, the state\u2019s first comprehensive energy plan, encompassing both traditional and renewable energy sources.<\/p>\n

The energy complex includes Spiritwood Station, a coal-fired plant that produces both electricity and steam, and now the Dakota Spirit AgEnergy facility.<\/p>\n

CHS, a Fortune 500 company owned by agricultural cooperatives and farmers and ranchers, is also planning to build a $1.4 billion fertilizer plant in the park to take advantage of shared resources and infrastructure.<\/p>\n

Hoeven said the project will become a national example of how combined heat and power can be used to enhance industrial efficiencies and lower the carbon footprint of transportation motor fuels.<\/p>\n

The North Dakota Industrial Commission provided a $500,000 grant for the project\u2019s feasibility study.<\/p>\n

Members of the Industrial Commission are Governor Dalrymple, Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem and Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring.<\/p>\n

Governor Jack Dalrymple\u00a0 applauded the Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s long-awaited decision to approve a renewable fuels certification.<\/p>\n

\u00a0North Dakota Ag- Commissioner, Doug Goehring says, \u201cThis is the state\u2019s first advanced biofuels facility, a \u2018hybrid\u2019 of sorts.\u201d Goehring.<\/p>\n

Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem, says,\u00a0 \u201cCommissioner Goehring and I saw firsthand in Denmark how this renewable energy technology can be used to fuel our homes and industries in North Dakota and Minnesota.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0Congressman Kevin Cramer says, \u201cOur dynamic economy serves as a leader for the rest of the nation.\u00a0 The Dakota Spirit AgEnergy ethanol biorefineries expected creation of several hundred jobs certainly maintains this reputation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Senator Heidi Heitkamp, also applauded the announcement, saying, ” I applaud Dakota Spirit AgEnergy\u2019s efforts on its progress, and I look forward to continued collaboration with Dakota Spirit and other North Dakota stakeholders to lead the nation in energy development. The increase in North Dakota production of biofuels is not only good for our state\u2019s economy, but it will help us to alleviate our dependence on foreign oil.”<\/p>\n

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