Cargill Subsidiary to Develop Ethanol Plants with Combined 400 Million Gallon Capacity
09 January 2007
New Cargill subsidiary Emerald Renewable Energy LLC is planning to develop four 100 million-gallon-per-year corn ethanol plants in the Midwestern United States. The newly formed company is considering several potential sites in the Cornbelt.
Each plant will use nearly 40 million bushels of corn annually, produce 100 million gallons of ethanol, and more than 300,000 tons of dry distillers grains for animal feed each year. The plant sites being considered include greenfield locations as well as co-locations with Cargill grain elevators and other utility infrastructure providers.
To finance the debt capital for the construction of the plants, Emerald has nominated BNP Paribas as lead arranger and Santander Investment and Standard Chartered as senior co-lead arrangers.
Emerald Renewable Energy LLC is a wholly-owned Cargill subsidiary organized to develop and invest in renewable energy projects across North America. Cargill will provide the initial development capital for the projects. Emerald Renewable Energy will contract with Cargill for services to support the facilities, including corn supply, natural gas, price risk management and the marketing of ethanol and distillers grains.
Cargill is one of the leading ethanol producers and distributors in the United States and an international provider of food, agricultural and risk management products and services.
The Cargill announcement exacerbated Wall Street worries about an oversupply of ethanol in the short term, and shares of publicly-traded ethanol producers slid downward.
Gosh, let's worry about over supply of something that'll wean us off the most poisonous addiction humanity has known.
Posted by: gr | 09 January 2007 at 11:25 AM
I am getting hungry. What do I have left to eat?..............
Posted by: Mark A | 09 January 2007 at 11:42 AM
As long as DDG goes to animal feed (cattle, chicken, etc), the rise in animal feed costs will be muted. However, once residues currently destined for meat production is turned into more vehicle fuel, the prices will spike.
Posted by: allen_Z | 09 January 2007 at 12:49 PM
Every bit helps.
That's 400 million barrels worth of $$ staying in the country, instead of going to OPEC dictators.
Posted by: Hydrid+E85 | 09 January 2007 at 02:27 PM
400 million gallons not barrels
Posted by: kevin | 09 January 2007 at 04:05 PM
1/42
Posted by: allen_Z | 09 January 2007 at 05:26 PM
1 is the #Xs I hear biodiesel(the real altfuel)vs 42, the #Xs I hear ethanol.
Posted by: fred | 10 January 2007 at 12:17 AM
Fred,
Nice take. The same could be said of 2nd gen biofuels vs ethanol.
42 gallons/petro barrel.
Posted by: allen_Z | 10 January 2007 at 07:40 AM