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Wisconsin Rapids Area Has High Hopes for Ethanol Plant
Wisconsin Ag Connection - 07/30/2008

With the recent announcement that Schreiber Foods will be letting go of 135 workers, coupled with the closing of several area paper facilities lately, the Wisconsin Rapids community is hoping for good news regarding the feasibility of a possible ethanol plant in the city. Project organizers are expected to release information in a few weeks on whether NewPage will convert their former paper mill into an ethanol production factory.

As Wisconsin Ag Connection reported in March, a developer has come forward with intentions to partner with the papermaker on the project. Ron Kuehn, a developer for Third Coast Biofuels, has been investigating the possibility of building a plant in the area for the past two years. He initially held conversations with Stora Enso, which once owned the same property several years ago, to collaborate on a similar project.

In January, the Department of Energy announced that they would be willing to offer the Ohio-based NewPage Company about $30 million to build a cellulosic ethanol facility in Rapids. The money was part of $114 million that will be made available to build small-scale biorefineries at four locations throughout the country.

If the idea goes forward, the plant would produce about 370 barrels of biofuel per day out of wood chips and mill residue.


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