Unnamed
Location: Saginaw, Michigan
Target groundbreaking: undeclared
Feedstock: soy oil/canola oil
Capacity: 15 MMgy to 20 MMgy
Process technology: undeclared
Synopsis: Another Ender LLC project, this plant is expected to develop similar to the Ecorse, Mich., project. Following a 400,000-gallon-per-year project, a 15 MMgy to 20 MMgy plant would be built.

Unnamed
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Target groundbreaking: undeclared
Feedstock: multi-feedstock
Capacity: 4 MMgy to 6 MMgy
Process technology: Biodiesel Industries Inc.
Synopsis: Biodiesel Industries Inc., which already operates multiple facilities in the United States, has purchased property to build another plant, according to Jake Stewart, vice president of corporate development. The project is in the construction planning phase with site preparation and permitting underway. This project is a collaboration with NextEnergy, DaimlerChrysler and other major automotive manufacturers and suppliers.

Michigan Biofuels LLC
Location: Belleville, Michigan
Target groundbreaking: July 2006
Feedstock: soy oil
Capacity: 10 MMgy
Process technology: Michigan Biofuels LLC
Synopsis: At press time, groundbreaking was closing in on Michigan Biofuels’ plant, which is anticipated to start up in November 2006. Financing and permitting is underway, according to President Patrick Sullivan.
Unnamed
Location: Adrian, Michigan
Target groundbreaking: undeclared
Feedstock: soy oil
Capacity: 20 MMgy
Process technology: undeclared
Synopsis: After leading the push for the Great Lakes Ethanol plant (later bought by Midwest Grain Processors), local individuals began pushing for a biodiesel project, according to David Munson, president of the Lenawee Chamber of Economic Development. Biofuels Industries Group has selected a 20-acre site in an industrial area of the city, according to spokesman Michael Horowitz. At press time, the group was awaiting a ruling regarding property tax exemptions.

American Biodiesel LLC
Location: Toledo, Ohio
Target groundbreaking: June 2006
Feedstock: soy oil
Capacity: 30 MMgy
Process technology: undeclared
Synopsis: At press time, work was being done on permitting and the final financing package, according to Ric Lesinski, vice president of marketing and sales. The company was working on finalizing a contract with Minneapolis-based Crown Iron Works Co.

South Central East

Alternative Liquid Fuel Industries
Location: McArthur, Ohio
Target groundbreaking: June 2006
Feedstock: multi-feedstock
Capacity: 1 MMgy
Process technology: undeclared
Synopsis: At press time, the group was changing from a limited liability company to an incorporated company. Alternative Liquid Fuel Industries President Michael Noll says the plant would be expanded to up to 50 MMgy. Noll is working with a university to develop value-added products from the plant’s glycerin.

North Prairie Productions LLC
Location: south-central Wisconsin
Target groundbreaking: fall 2006
Feedstock: multi-feedstock
Capacity: 30 MMgy
Process technology: Desmet Ballestra
Synopsis: A handful of sites have been identified as possibilities, according to President Mike Robinson. Financing was in progress at press time. Soy oil and corn oil would be the plant’s primary feedstocks. Production at the facility could begin by August 2007.

Owensboro Grain Biodiesel
Location: Owensboro, Kentucky
Target groundbreaking: mid-May 2006
Feedstock: soy oil
Capacity: 50 MMgy
Process technology: undeclared
Synopsis: Permits are approved, and everything else is in place for a mid-May groundbreaking, according to spokesman John Wright. The plant would be built on a greenfield site adjacent to the company’s vegetable oil refinery located on the Ohio River. Crude glycerin marketing agreements are finalized. Biodiesel off-take agreements are ongoing. Wright says Owensboro would use a proven European technology and pursue BQ-9000 accreditation once operational.

Earth Biofuels
Location: Greenville, Mississippi
Target groundbreaking: June 2006
Feedstock: multi-feedstock
Capacity: 20 MMgy
Process technology: Earth Biofuels Technology Co.
Synopsis: CEO Tommy Johnson tells Biodiesel Magazine that the engineer for this project is expected on-site by late May. The plant would primarily use soy oil as a feedstock. Bunge operates an oilseed processing facility nearby.



Southern Biodiesel LLC
Location: central Mississippi
Target groundbreaking: undeclared
Feedstock: multi-feedstock
Capacity: 30 MMgy
Process technology: undeclared
Synopsis: Tim Coursey, head of this project, says he is in the midst of a strategic site location assessment study. He intends to purchase a turnkey operation with continuous-flow processing but says there’s a six-month lead time to get the process equipment on-site once it has been ordered.
Delta Biofuels
Location: Marks, Mississippi
Target groundbreaking: undeclared
Feedstock: soy oil
Capacity: 30 MMgy
Process technology: undeclared
Synopsis: The makeup of investors is changing, but the project is still moving forward, according to Gene Holmes, Delta Biofuels spokesman. The company plans at least two large biodiesel facilities. This project may be adjacent to a Bunge oilseed processing facility.

Memphis Biofuels LLC
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Target groundbreaking: June 2006
Feedstock: multi-feedstock
Capacity: 36 MMgy
Process technology: undeclared
Synopsis: Located at a former Proctor & Gamble plant, the animal feed company of Cochran Corp. now specializes in vegetable oil byproducts there. The biodiesel plant would be on the same 17-acre site where Brandon Sheley, senior vice president of Cochran Corp., says most equipment needed for biodiesel production is already in place. Breaking ground in June, the plant is expected to be fully producing by August 2006. More than 1 million gallons of storage exists on-site, with another 500,000 gallons to be built. Memphis Biofuels, which would primarily use soy oil, plans to apply for BQ-9000 accreditation.

New England

Greenleaf Biofuels LLC
Location: New Haven, Connecticut
Target groundbreaking: late 2006
Feedstock: undeclared
Capacity: 5 MMgy
Process technology: undeclared
Synopsis: President Gus Kellogg created Greenleaf more than 18 months ago as a B100 distributor. After working to create a consumer market, Kellogg is now searching for a biodiesel plant site capable of handling a facility up to 30 MMgy. He is also analyzing the feasibility of using domestic soy oil or importing feedstock.
Northeast BioEnergy LLC
Location: Limestone, Maine
Target groundbreaking: 2007
Feedstock: canola oil/palm oil
Capacity: 40 MMgy
Process technology: undeclared
Synopsis: Loring BioEnergy LLC is researching the feasibility of using B100 to power the 55-megawatt turbine in its electrical cogeneration plant. If deemed feasible, the facility would require 40 MMgy of biodiesel just to run the turbine. The facility would import the fuel until there is enough local feedstock to supply a biodiesel facility.

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