Etoh Energy LLC
Location: Russell, Manitoba
Target groundbreaking: October 2009
Feedstock: wheat
Capacity: 175 MMly (46 MMgy)
Design/build team: ICM Inc.
Synopsis: This company will process high-starch wheat, which is abundant within a 100-mile radius of the site, according to Curtis Sittenfeld, president of the company’s American managing partner Etoh Energy Marketing Corp. in Naples, Fla. Noble Americas will market the plant’s ethanol in Canada and the United States. Carbon dioxide will be recovered and compressed for use in exhausted, secondary and tertiary oil wells in Saskatchewan and Alberta. The distillers grains will be marketed locally by CHS Inc. as the area has more than 39,000 head of cattle. The facility is currently in the permitting stage.

Turtle Mountain Sustainable Ventures
Location: Killarney, Manitoba
Target groundbreaking: January 2009
Feedstock: wheat
Capacity: 150 MMly (40 MMgy)
Design/build team: undeclared
Synopsis: The initial plan was to produce cellulosic ethanol, but the company decided to use wheat as a feedstock instead. Currently, the company is in the permitting stage. It will take in 15 million bushels of wheat and produce 140,000 tons of distillers grains. The plant will create 35 jobs.

FarmTech Energy Corp.
Location: Oshawa, Ontario
Target groundbreaking: spring 2008
Feedstock: corn
Capacity: 55 MMly (15 MMgy)
Design/build team: ICM Inc.
Synopsis: This proposed facility will create 1,000 plant-related jobs during its estimated 20-month building process. All corn will be supplied by local growers, and the facility will be owned by a co-op of community members. Start-up is slated for 2009.

Northern Ethanol Inc.
Location: Sarnia, Ontario
Target groundbreaking: 2009
Feedstock: corn
Capacity: 400 MMly (106 MMgy)
Design/build team: Delta-T Corp.
Synopsis: This project hasn’t been able to advance beyond the permitting stage, according to Natalie Horrell, director of corporate relations. The company has submitted applications for air and noise permits to the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, and an application for site plan approval to the city of Sarnia. With CSX rail line and barge availability in Sarnia, the company has the ability to receive feedstock from other areas.

Atlantec BioEnergy Inc.
Location: Borden, Prince Edward Island
Target groundbreaking: May 2008
Feedstock: sugar beets
Capacity: 85 MMly (22 MMgy)
Design/build team: Diversified Metals Engineering Ltd.
Synopsis: The original project developer Agritech Inc. was bought out by Atlantec BioEnergy in partnership with the Renewable Energy Growers Association. Atlantec will produce ethanol, as well as thermal and electric energy, and will be the first biofuels facility located in this province.

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