国外生物乙醇开发最新进展(7)

"It's  200,000  tonnes  of  wheat  that  will  be  used  and  that's  a  significant  market  for  a  Western  Australian  plant."

Mr  de  Langrafft  says  the  plant  will  ensure  the  future  of  smaller  wheat  growers.

"This  means  that,  not  only  would  we  have  a  plant  in  Kwinana,  I  believe  that  the  smaller  producers  who  are  already  looking  for  sites  in  regional  areas  will  then  be  able  to  start  up  with  confidence,  knowing  that  the  market  is  established,"  he  said.

美国能源(U.S.  BioEnergy)计划获得普拉特河谷燃料乙醇LLC(Platte  Valley  Fuel  Ethanol)

U.S.  BioEnergy,  a  Brookings,  S.D.-based  ethanol  marketing  and  production  firm,  has  made  public  its  plans  to  acquire  100  percent  ownership  of  Platte  Valley  Fuel  Ethanol  LLC  near  Central  City,  Neb.  Platte  Valley  Fuel  Ethanol  is  a  privately  owned  ethanol  plant  that  processes  approximately  15  million  bushels  of  corn  a  year  into  more  than  40  MMgy  of  renewable  fuel.

“Bottom  line—basically  as  it  stands—  there  is  an  offer  on  the  table,  something  has  been  presented,  and  it  has  to  be  decided  upon,”  said  Doug  Anderson,  president  of  Platte  Valley  Fuel  Ethanol.  The  offer  was  made  in  the  midst  of  a  current  expansion  project  underway  at  the  Central  City  plant.  “We  are  basically  doubling  the  size  of  the  plant,  and  the  expected  completion  is  January  2007,”  Anderson  said.

Ron  Fagen  is  the  majority  owner  of  Platte  Valley  Fuel  Ethanol,  and  Fagen  Inc.  also  has  an  interest  in  U.S.  BioEnergy  so  this  transaction  may  be  seen  as  a  consolidation  maneuver.  While  the  deal  has  not  been  finalized,  “we  fully  anticipate  that  transaction  to  close  by  March  31,”  said  Kristi  Lee,  media  relations  coordinator  for  U.S.  BioEnergy.

The  expansion  project  at  Platte  Valley  Fuel  Ethanol  was  not  begun  in  anticipation  of  the  offer  from  one  of  the  major  ethanol  marketing  and  production  firms  in  the  nation.  “The  plan  to  expand  was  in  place  long  before  this  offer  was  made,”  Anderson  said.  “U.S.  Bio’s  philosophy  is  basically  to  become  a  large  entity  within  the  industry.”   (责任编辑：泉水)

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