Great River Energy is a wholesale generation
and transmission cooperative with generation assets in North Dakota
and Minnesota to serve its 28 member distribution cooperatives
in Minnesota and Western Wisconsin. Great River Energy’s newest
power plant is Spiritwood Station, a combined heat & power
plant in Spiritwood, ND. Great River Energy can improve the efficiency
and economics of the power plant by selling steam to nearby processing
companies. A Cellulosic biomass refinery uses steam and can supply
solid fuel by-products that can further improve the carbon footprint
through biomass co-firing.
Inbicon
A/S is a Cellulosic biomass refinery technology subsidiary
of DONG Energy, a Danish utility company. Inbicon has patented
technology to pre-treat and process wheat straw and other crop
residues to make a superior feedstock for biofuels including
cellulosic ethanol and purified lignin. Because Denmark has a
strong national commitment to using indigenous, renewable resources
for energy, Inbicon set out to improve the processing and handling
of crop residues for energy production.
Blue Flint Ethanol is the first co-located, directly
integrated ethanol plant in the world. The Blue Flint Ethanol Plant
is adjacent to the Coal Creek Station; a GRE coal fueled power
plant near Underwood, North Dakota. The new ethanol production
facility uses what is primarily waste heat from steam generated
at Coal Creek Station to process 18 million bushels of corn into
50 million gallons of ethanol per year. The result is one of the
industry’s most energy efficient, environmentally friendly facilities.
The Jamestown/Stutsman Development Corporation is a multimillion
dollar economic development program available that is committed
to creating a healthy, more diverse economic climate, strengthening
its businesses and creating jobs for the community. The JSDC
is a source of comprehensive information for expanding or relocating
your business. JSDC owns Spiritwood Energy Park with 100 plus
acres of land available, which has access to low cost steam from
neighboring combined heat and power plant. They also own a Business
Park which has 30 acres available and 55 acres in their Food
Processing Park, all available for manufacturing, warehouse distribution
or national service.
PowerStock is an affiliate company of Pacific Ag Solutions,
the largest ag residue and forage harvesting company in the country.
PowerStock’s management team has a combine 52 years of experience
collecting, baling, shipping, and storing agricultural residues
(corn stover, oat straw, wheat straw, etc.) as well as forage crops
such as sudan, timothy, switchgrass and alfalfa.
Great River Energy
North Dakota Department of Commerce
