US-headed Flint Hills Resources LLC, a leading refining, chemicals and biofuels company has announced that it has finalised the acquisition of an ethanol plant near Camilla, Georgia (GA), from Southwest Georgia Ethanol, LLC.
Flint Hills Resources’ biofuels business now includes seven ethanol plants with a combined annual capacity of 820 million (US) gallons (3.1 billion litres), a biodiesel plant in Nebraska (NE) and investments in biofuels technology and feedstock development. Camilla is the company’s first ethanol plant located outside of the Midwest.
The Camilla plant opened in 2008 and has an annual capacity of 120 million gallons (≈ 454 million litres) of ethanol. It also produces more than 310 000 tons of dried distillers grains (DDG) and approximately 21 million pounds (≈ 9 490 tonnes) of non-food grade corn oil each year. The plant employs about 60 people.
