Great River Energy is working to develop Dakota Spirit AgEnergy biorefinery to be located adjacent to Spiritwood Station combined heat & power plant near Jamestown, North Dakota. The biorefinery would utilize steam from Spiritwood Station.
The biorefinery is planned in two phases. Phase I would consist of a 65 million gallon per year (MGY) conventional dry mill ethanol plant that uses corn to produce ethanol, corn oil and distillers grains. Phase II would be a 10 MGY cellulosic bolt-on facility that would convert biomass (corn stover and wheat straw) into a variety of higher value energy products including cellulosic ethanol, molasses and lignin pellets.
Dakota Spirit AgEnergy biorefinery evolves into hybrid concept based on study results
Dakota Spirit AgEnergy, a proposed cellulosic biorefinery near Spiritwood, N.D., has evolved from a 20 million gallon per year (MGY) cellulosic ethanol plant into a 70 MGY “hybrid” ethanol plant comprised of a 65 MGY dry mill ethanol plant (Phase I) and an 10 MGY cellulosic ethanol addition (Phase II).
The changes are driven in part by the results of a recently completed "Feedstock Supply and Product Marketing Study" that was funded in part by the North Dakota Agricultural Products Utilization Commission (APUC).
The proposed biorefinery project site near Spiritwood, North Dakota, located adjacent to the Spiritwood Station 99 MW combined heat & power plant and the Spiritwood Energy Park.
Dakota Spirit AgEnergy is owned and operated by Midwest AgEnergy Group
