From a ODOD press release, 7/22/05:

 

 

TAFT APPLAUDS FEDERAL GRANT FOR LIMA

$2.4 million to help develop infrastructure to benefit Greater Ohio Ethanol

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

July 22, 2005

 

Columbus, OH -- Governor Bob Taft today applauded news of a $2.4 million federal grant to help the city of Lima build infrastructure necessary for a proposed Greater Ohio Ethanol, LLC. (GO Ethanol) production facility.

 

“Today’s federal grant, combined with other state and local assistance will help GO Ethanol bring good jobs to the Lima area,” said Taft. “This facility will benefit the regional economy by providing good production jobs and expanding the need for Ohio-grown agricultural products.”

 

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration is making the $2,352,770 public works investment. It will go toward infrastructure improvements such as water and sanitary sewer services and roadway and railway improvements. The $75 million project is expected to create approximately 40 jobs, with an average wage of more than $40,000. When fully operational, it is expected to produce 56 million gallons of ethanol annually.

 

The State of Ohio, through the Ohio Department of Development, has also worked with the company and local community to bring the project to Lima. To date, the state has committed to $350,000 in business development and roadwork grants, $40,000 in training grants, $5 million in low interest financing, and up to $234,000 in tax credits. Some elements must still be approved by the State Controlling Board.

 

http://www.odod.state.oh.us/newsroom/releases/1290.asp

 

Yay!  Let's hope ethanol pans out.  I've read conflicting arguments about its usefulness.

$75 million project that only creates 40 jobs?  :?

  "I've read conflicting arguments about its usefulness."

 

  I have also. It seems that it takes just as much energy or more to produce it as you get out of it. I have read that it is possible to realize a slight energy gain. It is no substitute for petroleum.

 

 

$75 million project that only creates 40 jobs?   :?

 

Yeah, I know.  I'm sure the bulk of that money's going into infrastructure and mitigation costs.

Here's an article about the usefulness of ethanol from the 9/3/05 Chicago Tribune:

 

 

Benefits of ethanol are still unsettled

Niche market: Corn, a key ingredient, may become a bigger cash crop for farmers if the product catches on, but it isn't certain the additive reduces harmful emissions

By Robert Manor

Chicago Tribune 

 

LENA, Ill. - The sweet, musty reek of fermenting corn and pure alcohol hovers over the towering distillery here, one of a rising number of farmland factories turning food into fuel.

 

It sounds like the perfect answer to rising gas prices.

 

 

http://www.sltrib.com/business/ci_2999007

 

I dunno. Biodiesel is fine, but the amount of energy it takes to create ethanol ends up using more, meaning it has a negative energy return on energy invested. It's not a solution, but it could help Ohio farmers, which is always nice for an elected official to make him/herself feel good and look good to voters.

 

KJP

KJP, most refining processes lose energy in any industry, but I know that ethanol is a positive thing for Ohio.  Before moving to Ohio in 2003, I lived in Dubuque, Iowa, where ethanol was in the mid-grade and premium fuels.  Since I moved, it is now in all grades.  But when I lived there, mid-grade was actually cheaper than regular because ethanol was cheaper and had the benefit of higher octane.  One draw back of ethanol is lower gas milage.  In the 10-15% ethanol per gallon, a mile or two is lost, however in the E-85(85%) grade, much lower milage can be expected.  While this is a negative, at least money is going to American farmers and business, and not some Saudi Prince and their cars made of platinum.  Oh, I want to add one thing, E-85 can run in any vehicle just as long as the fuel lines are replaced with metal ones and some engine timing is changed, which can really be effective in lowering pollution, and lowering the cost of fuel.

From the 10/18/05 Defiance Crescent-News:

 

 

Land purchase may mean ethanol plant could be constructed

By TODD HELBERG

[email protected]

 

An Indiana company which is considering the construction of an ethanol plant in Defiance County has purchased more than 220 acres on Ohio 18 in Mark Township.

 

Three real estate transfers were finalized in the last month that would be used for the plant’s construction. But a decision on whether to build the plant is still months away, according to the property’s purchaser, New Energy Corp., South Bend, Ind.

 

http://www.crescent-news.com/article.php?pathToFile=/archive/10182005/news/&file=_news2.txt&article=1&tD=10182005

 

From the 10/27/05 Lima News:

 

 

Plant infrastructure gains approval

By JIM SABIN

419-993-2091

10/27/2005

[email protected]

 

LIMA — The Lima City Planning Commission approved the layout of infrastructure im-provements around Greater Ohio Ethanol on Wednesday afternoon.

 

The plan includes widening Hanthorn Road to three lanes for a 1,350-foot stretch just west of Interstate 75, allowing for a turn lane. That will turn onto Houx Parkway, the new road being built leading into the plant. It is named for David Houx, a partner in the project who died last year in a plane crash.

 

http://www.limaohio.com/story.php?IDnum=18975

 

From the 11/23/05 Coshocton Tribune:

 

 

Board to buy land for ethanol plant in December

By KATHIE DICKERSON

Staff Writer

 

COSHOCTON - After two years of delays, officials said Tuesday they expect to buy the land next month that could house a $100 million ethanol plant in Coshocton County.

 

"It takes longer to put the deal together than it does to build the plant," Nick Petroff, attorney for Coshocton Ethanol LLC, told the Coshocton City/County Port Authority Board.

 

http://www.coshoctontribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051123/NEWS01/511230302/1002/NEWS17

 

coshocton forumer rally up.......

 

or at least bob brenly

Harrison ethanol project gets boost

By LEE MORRISON, T-R Business Editor

 

 

CADIZ – Funding for a proposed ethanol plant in Harrison County grew by $500,000 Tuesday.

 

Lt. Gov. Bruce Johnson announced the grant to Harrison Ethanol LLC. The $68.7 million project is expected to create about 170 jobs.

 

More at:

http://www.timesreporter.com/left.php?ID=48546&r=1

From the 12/7/05 Coshocton Tribune:

 

 

Port Authority buys rural industrial park property

By KATHIE DICKERSON

Staff Writer

 

COSHOCTON - Two years after the announcement that an ethanol plant may locate in Coshocton, the sale of property for the site was made official Tuesday.

 

With a price tag of $754,800, the Coshocton City/County Port Authority has acquired 67 acres in Franklin Township on County Road 271.

 

http://www.coshoctontribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051207/NEWS01/512070309/1002/NEWS17

 

From the 12/24/05 Toledo Blade:

 

 

ETHANOL

6 Ohio sites identified for plants 2 contenders in region

By JON CHAVEZ

BLADE BUSINESS WRITER

 

An investment group that is building an $80 million ethanol plant near Lima, Ohio, said yesterday it has finished identifying six more sites, including two in northwest Ohio, that are ideal for new ethanol plants.

 

Greater Ohio Ethanol LLC would like to put plants on all the sites and hopes to assemble a deal for one by July.

 

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051224/BUSINESS01/512240408/-1/BUSINESS

 

There is also a major ethanol plant project underway near Coshocton.  Development of these plants is going to do a lot of good for Ohio farmer's, and the overall economy.  Not only does it create a market for Ohio corn and increase the availability of ethanol fuels, but even the waste product is recyclable as cattle feed.

 

It is also going to mean a lot of truck and rail traffic to move the corn in and the ethanol out.

 

From the 1/20/06 Harrison News-Herald:

 

 

Site dedication set

1/20/06

By AMY GAREIS

News-Herald Staff Writer

 

A SITE dedication is being planned for next week to finally break ground on the Harrison Ethanol LLC biorefinery outside Cadiz.

 

Chris Copeland, executive director of the county Community Improvement Corp., confirmed that a Jan. 30 date has been circled on the calendar for the dedication ceremony. Final details should be given this week and it is by limited invitation. State and local officials as well as the media will be contacted to attend.

 

http://www.harrisonnewsherald.com/story.asp?story=1

 

What really isn't made clear in either of these articles is that this operation will be completely sustainable ("green").

 

The ethanol operation will not only produce a much cleaner-burning fuel from a renewable resource (corn), but the leftover waste corn, known as "distillers grain", will be used on site as cattle feed.  What isn't used by the beef cattle/dairy operation will be sold at a profit.

 

The beef cattle / dairy cow operation will produce beef, milk and dairy products for sale to the open market.  The manure will then go into Ohio's first anerobic digestor, which will effectively compost the manure, producing mathane gas both for sale and electricity generation (with excess electricity sold to the power grid.  Carbon dioxide gas will be sold for industrial uses, and the digested manure will be usable as fertilizer.

 

Now, if only Ohio's other "factory farms" could be nearly that efficient.

 

 

Growers gassed up over project

By JANELLE RUCKER

Gazette Staff Writer

 

WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE - A new ethanol plant is in the works that is expected to benefit local residents, governments and farmers.

 

Ross County farmer Wayne Upton can't wait until the new ethanol plant is constructed and in operation in Bloomingburg.

 

http://www.chillicothegazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060122/NEWS01/601220301/1002

 

From the 1/31/06 Harrison News-Herald:

 

Field of dreams

1/31/06

By AMY GAREIS

News-Herald Staff Writer

 

EARTH WILL soon be moving for the Harrison Ethanol LLC biorefinery after company representatives joined local and state officials for a site dedication on Monday.

 

The biorefinery will be located on 276 acres along Dickerson Church Road near Cadiz, also known as Cadiz Township Road 93. Site preparation work will take place for the balance of the winter months, and it is anticipated that construction will begin in April. It will take approximately 14 months to erect the facility, bringing 400 construction jobs plus another 107 on-site and 60 contracted trucking posts after its completion.

 

http://www.harrisonnewsherald.com/story.asp?story=1

 

From the 1/27/06 Lima News:

 

 

Company suing Greater Ohio Ethanol

By GREG SOWINSKI

419-993-2090

01/27/2006

[email protected]

 

TOLEDO — The co-founder of Greater Ohio Ethanol said Thursday his company never had a finder’s fee contract with an investment group that filed a lawsuit against his company this week.

 

Greg Kruger also said the lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Toledo is without merit.

 

http://www.limaohio.com/story.php?IDnum=21918

 

From the 4/12/06 Coshocton Tribune:

 

 

Company poised to begin ethanol plant

By KATHIE DICKERSON

Staff Writer

 

COSHOCTON - On the heels of news that Altra Inc., a Los-Angeles-based biofuel company, now owns Coshocton Ethanol LLC comes information about the company partnerships that will build the plant.

 

Representatives from Delta-T, Ibberson and TIC (The Construction Company) met with the Coshocton City/County Port Authority and elected officials Tuesday at Raven's Glenn Winery and Restaurant.

 

http://www.coshoctontribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060412/NEWS01/604120304/1002/rss01

 

From the 5/26/06 Lima News:

 

 

Ethanol plant officials settle lawsuits

By GREG SOWINSKI

419-993-2090

05/26/2006

[email protected]

 

LIMA — Greater Ohio Ethanol has settled lawsuits involving contractor claims that it has not been paid for work on Lima’s ethanol plant.

 

The ethanol company entered into an agreement Thursday for a judgment in favor of Golden Giant for $476,957 and R.D. Jones Excavating for $777,546. Both judgments include paying interest at 6 percent from Thursday, according to court records.

 

Golden Giant and Jones Excavating agreed to not execute the judgment before Aug. 5, ac-cording to court records.

 

http://www.limaohio.com/story.php?IDnum=26057

 

 

REX to invest $24.9 million in ethanol plant

The electronics retailer has been shifting to the field since its synfuel role began producing less income.

By Kristin McAllister

Staff Writer

 

DAYTON | A week after reporting a 75 percent plunge in first-quarter earnings, REX Stores Corp. officials announced Friday the company will invest $24.9 million in an ethanol production plant.

 

The Needmore Road-based electronics retailer has been shifting investments out of synthetic fuels, into ethanol fuel development. But REX income from synfuel partnerships took a big hit in the first quarter from the closure of synfuel production plants. The closures were prompted by skyrocketing oil prices and the end of tax credits for alternative fuel production.

 

http://www.dailystandard.com/date/2006/06/02/news/headline2.htm

 

From the 6/4/06 Times-Reporter (Dover-New Philadelphia):

 

 

Project still growing: Leaders talk about Harrison County ethanol facility

By LEE MORRISON,T-R Business Editor

 

CADIZ – It’s been slightly more than five years in the making, but officials of the proposed Harrison County Ethanol facility are assuring skeptics that the complex will be constructed.

 

Organizers said they hope to be in operation by the third quarter of 2007, weather permitting.

 

http://www.timesreporter.com/index.php?ID=54733

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From the 6/15/06 Steubenville Herald Star:

 

 

Ethanol plant gets $400,000

By PAUL GIANNAMORE, business editor

 

CADIZ — The state of Ohio is providing a $400,000 Roadwork Development Grant to support improvements for Harrison Ethanol.

 

Ground was broken in January for the ethanol production facility on a 270-acre site on Cadiz Township Road 93.

 

http://www.heraldstaronline.com/articles.asp?articleID=3952

 

From the 6/16/06 Coshocton Tribune:

 

 

Ethanol meetings in full swing

By KATHIE DICKERSON

Staff Writer

 

COSHOCTON - A project that has ran hot and cold for about four years is beginning to gather steam.

 

Excavators will work at the Coshocton Ethanol plant site off County Road 271 next week, Ed Flynn, director of the Coshocton City/County Port Authority, told its board members Thursday evening.

 

 

http://www.coshoctontribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060616/NEWS01/606160305/1002/rss01

 

From the 6/20/06 Martins Ferry Times Leader:

 

 

Ethanol project grant is approved

By LISA WHITECOTTON, Times Leader Staff Writer

 

THE OHIO Department of Development has approved a $400,000 grant to be used for creating a paved access road to the new Harrison County ethanol plant.

 

Harrison County Community Improvement Council Executive Director Chris Copeland explained that the funding will be used to begin paving the now-gravel Dickinson Church Road. The total estimated cost of creating a two-lane, paved access road will be approximately $1.2 million, Copeland said.

 

http://www.timesleaderonline.com/news/story/0620202006_new02_grant.asp

 

From the 6/25/06 Steubenville Herald Star:

 

 

The long ethanol road

By PAUL GIANNAMORE, Business editor

 

CADIZ — While major construction at the Harrison Ethanol site should begin in July, it’s only the visible result of years worth of bureaucratic hoops, investment and plain old hard work behind the scenes.

 

Wendell Dreve, the managing member of Harrison Ethanol, recounts a story that goes back nearly six years and includes a number of hurdles to get to the point where construction of buildings is soon to begin.

 

 

http://www.heraldstaronline.com/articles.asp?articleID=4232

 

Is there anywhere you can actually buy E85 around Cleveland?

Problem is, people will use just as much or more energy and we won't solve a damn thing to lower our energy usage. Nevermind the feel-good delusion aspect of this that people will have, "Hey we have ethanol now, everything will be fine!". A huge lifestyle change will need to be made and Americans just don't get this and they aren't being informed of this. We need to have a state-wide letter writing campaign and get the message out to our local papers  and politicians. I'll send something in once I see some local coverage. I have an idea, someone mentioned something about keeping money out of Saudi Arabia, how about this for a TV ad, "By buying a house in the suburbs, your gasoline money will go to fund the terrorists who are attacking our very own American soldiers that are fighting for your freedom. Make the right choice: go urban." If only  :laugh:.

Alternative fuels like ethanol, hydrogen and bio-diesel are all good developments in their context.  But Columbusite is right on the mark in saying that it is way to easy to believe any of these are the magic bullet.

 

The energy problems we face have no single "cure".  The only way to deal with this "oil disease" is to treat it wholistically.  Creating more and more convenient transportation options will go a long way:  intercity rail, better local transit (bus & light rail) and more accomodations for bikes and pedestrians.  But it will also take planning our cities and suburbs in a much more sensible and sustainable manner, as well as making it less convenient to park or drive in an urban area .... provided that those transportation options are created and are up and running.

 

It's also going to take some serious political courage among our leaders in government and the private sector to change the way transportation is funded in Ohio and elsewhere and stop pandering to one or two modes. 

From the 6/27/06 Lima News:

 

 

Possible Leipsic ethanol plant gets tax credits

By TIM RAUSCH

419-993-2097

06/27/2006

[email protected]

 

LEIPSIC — Iams might be getting a neighbor. Leipsic is in the running for an ethanol plant that would produce 60 million gallons annually.

 

Broin Cos., doing business as Summit Ethanol, received incentives Monday from the Ohio Tax Credit Authority. Ohio is in competition with Indiana and Michigan for the plant.

 

 

http://www.limaohio.com/story.php?IDnum=27097

 

From the 6/28/06 PD:

 

 

Ethanol plant searched for hazardous materials

Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Rena A. Koontz

Plain Dealer Reporter

 

Medina - Agents from the state attorney general's office and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency spent the day looking for hazardous materials at the state's only ethanol plant.

 

Liquid Resources of Ohio is fighting a legal battle with Medina County over its discharge operations, but Tuesday's search was unrelated to those problems and apparently was based on a signed complaint, said Tim Curtiss, chief executive officer.

 

 

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/medina/1151483668148220.xml&coll=2

 

From the 6/30/06 Warren Tribune Chronicle:

 

 

Ethanol company eyes site: Lordstown among cities considered

By STEPHEN ORAVECZ Tribune Chronicle

 

STRUTHERS — Lordstown is one of four area communities being considered for an alternate energy plant, a Mahoning Valley company announced Thursday.

 

John Monroe of Monroe Energy LLC of Greenford said the company is looking at four sites for an ethanol plant that could start turning corn into fuel within two to three years.

 

http://tribune-chronicle.com/articles.asp?articleID=5694

 

From the 7/2/06 Chillicothe Gazette:

 

 

Plans for new plant are going strong

By JANELLE RUCKER

Gazette Staff Writer

 

The permit process for the ASAlliance Biofuels LLC ethanol plant in Bloomingburg is taking a little longer than expected, but is well on it's way to establishment.

 

"We'd like to have been through it a little quicker, but it's moving along," said Karl Gebhardt, Teater-Gebhardt and Associates consultant to ASAlliance. "We'll be able to be under construction by late summer."

 

 

http://www.chillicothegazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060702/NEWS01/607020302/1002/rss01

 

From the 7/9/06 Coshocton Tribune:

 

 

Officials tout benefits of $117 million energy plant

By GI SMITH

Staff Writer

 

COSHOCTON - With every heap of dirt being lifted from the site of the future Coshocton Ethanol plant, another swipe was being taken at local jobless market and wavering economy.

 

By the time the plant goes online - which is expected to be by August 2007 - it will have provided between 150 and 200 construction workers with jobs to get it built and provided more than 40 permanent full time jobs to operate the facility. The facility will be located just west of the city of Coshocton on Coshocton County Road 271.

 

http://www.coshoctontribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060709/NEWS01/607090301/1002/rss01

 

 

 

Coschocton Ethanol breaks ground on ethanol production facility

Business First of Columbus - 1:52 PM EDT Tuesday

 

Coshocton Ethanol LLC said Tuesday it began construction of an ethanol production facility in the city of Coshocton.

 

The 50-acre facility will cost $117 million, the company said, and the project is scheduled to be completed in October 2007.

 

More at:

http://columbus.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2006/07/10/daily13.html 

From the 7/6/06 Lima News:

 

 

EPA asks for public comment on ethanol plant’s discharge permit

By DOMINIC ADAMS

419-993-2098

07/06/2006

[email protected]

 

LEIPSIC — People interested in making comments to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency about the ethanol plant that may be headed to Leipsic have 30 days to do so.

 

Ohio EPA must allow the window for people to make comments or ask for a public meeting about the discharge permit Broin Cos. is seeking. The plant would discharge into Brush Creek to Cutoff Ditch and subsequently Beaver Creek.

 

 

http://www.limaohio.com/story.php?IDnum=27361

 

From the 7/10/06 Greeneville Daily Advocate:

 

 

Ethanol site considered for Greenville

Bob Robinson

Managing Editor

 

MAUMEE, Ohio - The Andersons, Inc., the largest investor in two ethanol facilities currently under construction, and a major grain producer, announced Monday that it is seeking an air permit for a potential ethanol plant in Greenville.

 

According to Greenville Mayor Greg Fraley, the company has also taken an option on 86 acres in the Greenville Industrial Park.

 

Neill McKinstray, Andersons Vice President and General Manager for Ethanol, said in a company press release that the location is one of several sites being considered.

 

http://www.dailyadvocate.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=121378&SectionID=2&SubSectionID=&S=1

 

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060716/BUSINESS03/607160334/-1/BUSINESS

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Article published July 16, 2006

 

Andersons blazes a profit track

 

By JON CHAVEZ

BLADE BUSINESS WRITER

 

 

SOMETIMES, good intentions pay off handsomely in ways that were never expected.

 

Take the rail group at The Andersons Inc.

 

Last year it generated $23 million in operating income for the Maumee agribusiness - roughly half the $39 million brought in by the company's four business groups.

 

But more significant, the rail group's $23 million was from just $92 million in sales. By comparison, The Andersons' biggest and oldest unit, its agriculture group, also had $23 million in operating income - but on sales of $899 million.

 

More at link above:

I continue to be amazed at our state investing in the expansion of energy-intensive highways that pave farmlands with sprawl, while the demand for corn-based ethanol seems insatiable.

 

This is one irony that's on a collision course with reality.

From the 8/3/06 Toledo Blade:

 

 

New plants expected to lower price of ethanol

Area GM dealers briefed on flex fuel

By JULIE M. McKINNON

BLADE BUSINESS WRITER

 

Northwest Ohio's first ethanol plant should start turning corn into the alternative fuel base next year, and two more are in the works.

 

The addition of those plants, which will help bring Ohio's total to seven from its current one, and an increase in the number of gas stations offering 85 percent ethanol fuel will help further decrease the gasoline blend's price, experts say.

 

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060803/BUSINESS01/608030351/-1/RSS04

 

From the 8/5/06 Fremont News-Messenger:

 

 

Ethanol brewing?

Sugar company could be site of corn plant

By MATT SANCTIS

Staff Writer

 

At some point in the future, it's possible the smell of fermenting corn could become as familiar to Fremont residents as the scents of ketchup wafting in from the Heinz bottling plant.

 

Ray Van Driessche, a spokesperson for the Michigan Sugar Co., said they are in the early stages of a proposal that would create a 50 million gallon ethanol processing plant on the grounds of the Pioneer Sugar warehouse on Front Street in Fremont.

 

http://www.thenews-messenger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060805/NEWS01/608050301/1002/rss01

 

From the 8/8/06 Marion Star:

 

 

Ethanol plant zoning decision postponed

By KURT MOORE

The Marion Star

 

MARION - Developer Herb Pfeifer is studying whether it is feasible to build an ethanol plant in Marion Township. He will have to wait a few weeks to get his first answer.

 

http://www.marionstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060808/NEWS01/608080320/1002/rss01

 

From the 8/11/06 Times-Reporter:

 

 

Excavation begins at Harrison Ethanol

 

CADIZ – Construction on the Harrison Ethanol facility south of Cadiz continues as site excavation started this week.

 

Over the past few months, final site survey and core samples were completed, along with removing vegetation and clearing away existing structures.

 

http://www.coshoctontribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060811/NEWS01/608110303/1002/rss01

 

From the 8/9/06 Greenville Daily Advocate:

 

 

Questions on plant?

Andersons Inc. provide a fact sheet on the proposed ethanol facility for Greenville

 

GREENVILLE - Most in the county have read or heard of the potential ethanol plant to be located on 86 acres in the Greenville Industrial Park.

 

Locals have taken time to voice concerns with Mayor Fraley on how the proposed plant could affect property value, quality of living and the local economy.

 

SectionID=2&SubSectionID=2&ArticleID=121630&TM=46671.52

 

From the 8/10/06 Greenville Daily Advocate:

 

 

Ethanol meeting held

Andersons hear concerns on proposed plant

By Amanda Rodeheffer

 

GREENVILLE - A meeting concerning the proposed ethanol plant was held last night at the Shawnee Prairie Reserve.

 

The Andersons, an ethanol company wanting to build in Greenville's Industrial Park, conducted a presentation to inform concerned residents who live near the proposed plant site on what their intentions are, as well as providing information on their background.

 

http://www.dailyadvocate.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=2&ArticleID=121637&TM=46671.52

 

The case for corn

Ohio seeks to accelerate production of ethanol

BY JAMES MCNAIR | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER

 

Four years ago, Gov. Bob Taft staked Ohio's future to the possibilities in high technology, biotech and fuel cells. But he neglected a product at his feet, one whose potential assures its place in the state's Third Frontier.Corn.

 

Ohio grew more corn last year than all but seven other states. But when it came to converting corn to a fuel source increasingly in vogue - ethanol - Ohio ranked 18th, trailing corn also-rans such as California, New Mexico and Tennessee. Its lone ethanol plant, in Medina, burns waste from beverage manufacturers, not corn.

 

http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/06/08/19/alt.fuel.html

 

From the 8/22/06 Marion Star:

 

Is Marion right lure for ethanol business?

Official says several plan local plant

By KURT MOORE

The Marion Star

 

MARION - The gold rush is on in Ohio, yet it's not the shiny stuff found underground.

 

It's the sweet yellow of corn that's spurring the action, and local farmers and business officials want in on the action.

 

http://www.marionstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060822/NEWS01/608220334/1002/rss01