Highwater Ethanol Begins Biobutanol Retrofit in Minnesota

SUGAR LAND--October 28, 2013--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Investor-owned cooperative Highwater Ethanol LLC (Lamberton, Minnesota), in conjunction with partner Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC (Wilmington, Delaware), has begun to retrofit the Lamberton fuel ethanol plant for the production of biobutanol. The estimated $25 million project will bolt on Butamax's patented corn oil separation technology, which is an integral part of a full retrofit to biobutanol production.

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