Learn more: Dakota Spirit AgEnergy

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Great River Energy’s Spiritwood Station is the first of its kind in the state. When the plant goes online it will generate two primary products: electricity and steam. The plant will have the capacity to generate up to 99 megawatts (MW) of electricity for the regional energy market. It also will supply up to 200,000 pounds of steam per hour to the Cargill Malt plant nearby. Local electric service provider Ottertail Power will supply electricity to the Cargill Malt plant. Learn more at the link below:

www.greatriverenergy.com/makingelectricity/newprojects/
spiritwoodstation.html

Feedstock supply and product marketing study

Click here to read the Dakota Spirit AgEnergy "Feedstock Supply and Product Marketing Study" summary report. The study was completed by Great River Energy and project consultants and funded in part by the North Dakota Agricultural Products Utilization Commission (Project BD0009-15). Note that the "Feedstock Supply and Product Marketing Study" was commissioned for a 20 MGY plant rather than the 10 MGY plant that is now the current proposed scope.

Click here to read 3.29.2011 press release: "Dakota Spirit AgEnergy biorefinery evolves into hybrid concept based on study results"

Click to download PDF of Biomass Feasibility Study

Biomass study

Great River Energy and project participants — The Great Plains Institute, the North Dakota Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives, the North Dakota Department of Agriculture, the North Dakota Farmers Union and the North Dakota Natural Resources Trust — studied the feasibility of utilizing biomass at Spiritwood Station through a research and development grant from the North Dakota Renewable Energy Council. Study results highlight the technical feasibility and economics of supplying biomass to the facility from various sources.

Learn more: Feasibility Study of a Biomass Supply for the Spiritwood Industrial Park (2 MB PDF)

Kalundborg, Denmark demonstration plant: Inbicon aims to be the world leader in the development of sustainable biomass refineries distinguished by our pre-treatment technologies and energy-integration systems.

Spiritwood Energy Park is envisioned to be a premier destination for energy and agricultural-related companies that wish to take advantage of a location with strong energy and transportation infrastructure. Located near Jamestown, North Dakota on 551 acres, Spiritwood Energy Park will be managed by the Spiritwood Energy Park Association which will initially consist of two member owners: JSDC and Great River Energy. Spiritwood Energy Park Association will benefit the economic development of the region by investing in common-use infrastructure, creating development lots, and providing property management and other value-added services on a fee-for-service basis to its tenants.

Dakota Spirit AgEnergy is owned and operated by Midwest AgEnergy Group