Ethanol producer VeraSun Energy has inaugurated its 110 million gallon per year production facility located near Bloomingburg in the US state of Ohio.
With the closing of the merger between VeraSun and US BioEnergy becoming effective April 1, 2008, the Bloomingburg biorefinery represents the 11th VeraSun facility in operation, pushing the company’s annual operating capacity to more than one billion gallons.
The Bloomingburg facility is the fourth operating ethanol production facility in Ohio and one of the three biorefineries VeraSun purchased from ASAlliances Biofuels in August 2007.
Total production capacity at the Bloomingburg facility represents more than 30% of Ohio’s total capacity of 345 million gallons per year (MMGY), according to VeraSun.
Don Endres, VeraSun’s CEO, said: The startup of this facility is a significant event for the community of Bloomingburg and a major milestone for VeraSun as our annual operating capacity exceeds the billion gallon mark.