Genahol LLC
Location: Canton, Ohio
Target groundbreaking: spring 2009
Feedstock: MSW/construction waste
Capacity: 27 MMgy
Design/build team: Genahol LLC
Synopsis: According to Genahol President Don Bogner, the company hasn’t started to raise funds for this project yet. It expects to complete permitting this year.

Green Harvest Energy LLC
Location: Mahoning, Trumbull or Columbiania counties, Ohio
Target groundbreaking: late summer or early fall 2008
Feedstock: corn
Capacity: 100 MMgy
Design/build team: Delta-T Corp.
Synopsis: Green Harvest Energy President John Monroe says he is currently contacting a number of prospective investors.

Harrison Ethanol LLC
Location: Cadiz, Ohio
Target groundbreaking: undeclared
Feedstock: corn
Capacity: 20 MMgy
Design/build team: undeclared
Synopsis: This plant is in its due diligence period, according to a company spokeswoman. Permitting, zoning and all funding is complete, and the site is prepared for full construction.

Mercer Energy Inc.
Location: Celina, Ohio
Target groundbreaking: spring or summer 2008
Feedstock: corn
Capacity: 50 MMgy
Design/build team: undeclared
Synopsis: According to Mercer Energy President Ryan Schwieterman, this project received its permits at the end of 2007. Mercer Energy will employ corn fractionation technology, and utilize the local highway and rail infrastructure to bring in feedstock and send out the finished products. The company intends to market its corn oil through a Illinois-based marketer.

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Bluegrass BioEnergy LLC
Location: Fulton, Kentucky
Target groundbreaking: second quarter 2008
Feedstock: corn
Capacity: 110 MMgy
Design/build team: undeclared
Synopsis: Project organizers were awaiting word on financing at press time and have alternate plans in place if that financing package doesn’t materialize, says Jim Allen, a company founder and past president. The alternate plan is to return to the initial group of farmers and private investors to raise more equity and revert to the original 55 MMgy proposal for which the permits have been acquired. The property was purchased, an official groundbreaking held and site grading begun when rocketing construction costs kept raising the bar on finances. With construction costs a bit more stable, Allen says the project is back on track. Once financing is pinned down, construction will begin.

Buckeye Ethanol LLC
Location: Calvert City, Kentucky
Target groundbreaking: undeclared
Feedstock: corn
Capacity: 50 MMgy
Design/build team: Delta-T Corp.
Synopsis: “A site has been secured, and the permitting process will begin once the plant in South Point, Ohio, has begun construction,” says Dan Slane, co-owner of The Slane Co. Ltd. Plans include putting ethanol on barges for shipment to Marathon, Fla., via the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and the Gulf of Mexico. In Marathon, the ethanol will be blended and shipped elsewhere.

Mascoma/University of Tennessee
Location: Vonore, Tennessee
Target groundbreaking: fourth quarter 2008
Feedstock: switchgrass
Capacity: 5 MMgy
Design/build: Mascoma Corp.
Synopsis: Mascoma has teamed with the University of Tennessee to develop its biological platform for cellulosic ethanol. The state is supporting the project with $40.7 million for facility development and $8 million for farmer incentives to grow switchgrass. Another $27 million is earmarked for research and development. The site at the Niles Ferry Industrial Park has been secured, and permits have been submitted, according to Justin van Rooyen, director of business development for Mascoma. The 5 MMgy plant, when completed, will be the largest of its kind and will provide the operating experience to scale up Mascoma's process to 40 MMgy in future plants.

Team P3 LLC
Location: Tennessee
Target groundbreaking: undeclared
Feedstock: wood waste/MSW
Capacity: 25 MMgy and 50 MMgy
Design/build team: Team P3 LLC
Synopsis: Team P3 has two cellulosic ethanol plants in development at undisclosed locations in the Southeast, says Chief Engineer Richard Molsbee. “We’re pushing forward," he says. "Nothing has stopped, but we’re trying to stay under the radar." The projects will be using gasification and Fischer-Tropsch technology.

Gulf Coast Energy of Sumter LLC
Location: Livingston, Alabama
Target groundbreaking: spring 2008
Feedstock: wood waste
Capacity: 20 MMgy
Design/build team: undeclared
Synopsis: This is the first of three plants being developed by Gulf Coast Energy Inc. At press time, an agreement with a technology provider was nearly finalized. Scott Hazen, executive vice president of engineering, says the plant will be built at a former plywood manufacturing site, providing some of the necessary wood-handling infrastructure. The 20 MMgy ethanol plant will use gasification and Fischer-Tropsch technology to manufacture liquid fuel from wood waste. Other feedstocks will be considered in the future. A second plant will break ground in Florida this summer, and a third will follow at an undisclosed location. The three plants will be similar in design, starting with 20 MMgy of production and expanding to 60 MMgy.

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