White Energy Grand Opening

RFA congratulates White Energy on the celebration of the grand opening of their 100 million gallon per year ethanol biorefinery near Hereford, Texas Saturday. The facility will employ 40 full-time employees and use 36 million bushels of corn and milo per year, almost all of it grown locally.

“Expanding ethanol production outside the traditional areas is critical to the continued growth of this industry,� said RFA President Bob Dinneen. “No longer are Midwesterners the only Americans to realize the benefits of renewable fuels. Texas is now moving beyond the petroleum industry towards a more sustainable energy future. Congratulations to White Energy and the people of Texas on beginning production at this new facility and for their commitment to helping set America on a path toward greater energy independence.�

The more than two million head of livestock in the area will also benefit from the ethanol plant. The plant produces more than 830,000 tons of distillers wet grain, a co-product of the ethanol process. Distillers grains are a nutrient-rich animal feed returning value and supply back into the feed markets.

In addition to this newest plant, White Energy owns and operates two ethanol production plants: a 50-million-gallon plant in Russell, Kansas and a 110-million-gallon plant scheduled to begin operation in 2008 in Plainview, Texas.