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Novozymes Selects Nebraska Site for $80-100M Ethanol Enzyme Plant
22 August 2008
Novozymes has selected Blair, Nebraska as the location for its new facility to produce enzymes for existing corn-based ethanol and later enzymes for cellulosic ethanol production. (Earlier post.)
The new facility will be located on a 30-acre property at the Biorefinery Campus in Blair, Nebraska, approximately 25 miles north of Omaha. Novozymes expects to break ground in late 2008 with operations beginning in late 2010. The investment is expected to be $80–100 million.
Initially the focus of the new plant will be to supply enzymes for corn-based ethanol and enzymes for cellulosic ethanol start-ups. The plant in Blair will be designed for later expansions to ensure Novozymes can meet demands for enzymes for cellulosic ethanol. We are undertaking an unprecedented effort to make these enzymes available by 2010.
—Peder Holk Nielsen, Executive Vice President and head of Enzyme Business
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Posted by: Jack Straw | August 22, 2008 at 01:14 PM
Ethanol production not only boosts the economy in the Great Plains but also lessens our reliance on foreign oil, which is a win for our country as a whole.
Posted by: Bakersfield | August 24, 2008 at 01:50 PM
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Just another example of why corn ethanol is a boon for America -- If you read some of the studies on NewGeography.com, you'll see that the boom is corn is fueling our economy in the Great Plains and beyond.