BioProcess Algae, Green Plains Renewable Break Ground on Phase II of 5-Acre Algae Farm in Iowa

---

Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Privately held BioProcess Algae LLC (Portsmouth, Rhode Island), with partner Green Plains Renewable Energy Incorporated (Omaha, Nebraska), have broken ground on Phase II of a 5-acre algae farm at Green Plains fuel ethanol plant in Shenandoah, Iowa.

Phase I of the project has been running since January 2011, and Phase II will increase the capacity twentyfold. Phase II involves construction of an 8,400-square-foot building, five acres of growing area, and the installation of multiple bioreactors capable of producing 50 to 60 tons of algae per acre annually. The dry end product will be marketed to biodiesel manufactures with the technology for producing the renewable fuel. By-products of production include high quality animal feed, nutraceuticals, and pharmaceuticals from algae feedstocks.

The installation of building foundations and water preparation system already has begun for the estimated $5 million project. The process will utilize the by-product of ethanol production--carbon dioxide from the 65 million-gallon-per-year fuel ethanol plant fermentation system--to feed multiple horizontal algae bioreactors.

If the process is commercially successful, the company has said it intends to launch algae-growing farms at other plants, including the company's existing fuel ethanol plants in Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, Michigan, Indiana and Tennessee.

The Shenandoah algae project is expected to be fully operational by July or August 2012.

Industrial Info's databases provide a comprehensive outline of all current development activities in the emerging alternative fuels market. Our North American Biodiesel Database covers 136 operational plants and 90 plants in development. Our North American Ethanol Database covers 214 plants in operation and 138 plants in various development phases. Our North American Wood Fuel Pellet Database includes 63 operational plants producing more than 25,000 tons annually, and 38 projects in progress.

View Plant Profile - 1066473

Industrial Info Resources (IIR), with global headquarters in Sugar Land, Texas, and eight offices outside of North America, is the leading provider of global market intelligence specializing in the industrial process, heavy manufacturing and energy markets. Industrial Info's quality-assurance philosophy, the Living Forward Reporting Principle™, provides up-to-the-minute intelligence on what's happening now, while constantly keeping track of future opportunities.