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| Dakota Spirit AgEnergy Ultimate
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| Dakota Spirit AgEnergy is the growth hybrid biorefinery to be co-located next to the Spiritwood Station power plant near Spiritwood, ND. Dakota Spirit AgEnergy Phase I will initially be a 65 MGY ethanol biorefinery. Innovative design improvements, corn oil separation and grain drying and storage will be implemented during construction. Dakota Spirit AgEnergy Phase II is a “bolt-on” facility to produce 10 MGY cellulosic ethanol based on enzymatic hydrolysis technology developed by Inbicon in Denmark. This future investment option creates a hybrid biorefinery fed by crop residuals (corn stover and wheat straw) and produces additional marketable products (cellulosic ethanol, C5 sugars and lignin green fuel.) |
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| Dakota Spirit AgEnergy biorefinery |
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| About the biorefinery |
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Phase II |
Feedstock
Corn – 23 million bushes |
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Feedstock
Wheat straw – 96,000 tons/year
Corn Stover – 96,000 tons/year |
Products
Ethanol – 65 MGY
DDGs – 173,000 tons/year
Corn Oil – 5,400 tons/year |
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Products
Ethanol – 10 MGY
C5 sugars – 75,000 tons/year
Lignin – 68,000 tons/year |
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| Economic development impacts |
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36 production jobs in the Phase I Dry Mill Ethanol Plant
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6 production jobs for the Phase II Cellulosic Ethanol Plant |
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Seasonal and part time jobs to harvest and transport the crop residues |
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175 construction and trades jobs |
| Timeframe |
2012 |
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Phase I Engineering, Finance and Construction |
| 2013 |
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Phase I Construction, Start Up and Commissioning |
| 2014 |
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Phase II Evaluation, Engineering & Financing |
2015 |
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Phase II Start up & Commissioning |
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