many groups and individuals have been motivated to consider the potential for producing ethanol. Across the country, farmer cooperatives, rural development coalitions, bio-energy advocates and others have gathered to explore the process and prospects for developing ethanol production facilities. In many cases these efforts have resulted in the successful development of ethanol plants. The current demand for ethanol and the projected increase in the use of these fuels under a national renewable fuels standard continues to stimulate interest in the prospects for the development of new ethanol plants. This publication is designed to assist interested parties during the initial stages of evaluating the potential for development of. | Summer 2006 A Guide for Evaluating the Requirements of Ethanol Plants Developed by The Clean Fuels Development Coalition and The Nebraska Ethanol Board In Cooperation with The . Department of Agriculture USDA Information contained in this publication was initially developed under an agreement between the Clean Fuels Foundation and the Clean Fuels Development Coalition in cooperation with the Nebraska Ethanol Board. This ethanol plant guide was developed to assist communities cooperatives and other agricultural organizations in making an initial determination regarding the economic feasibility of developing an ethanol project. Information contained in this document is considered to have applicability to biofuel processing ventures aside from ethanol projects. Readers of this document should consider the information to be for general application only. Communities with an interest in evaluating prospective ethanol projects in more detail may wish to contact local and state economic development agencies in their respective states. Readers of this document may also want to review information contained in the Ethanol Fact Book. Copies of this publication are available via the Nebraska Ethanol Board web site in cooperation with the Clean Fuels Development Coalition and the Clean Fuels Foundation sponsors of Ethanol Across America . Additional information about the economic impacts and energy balance of ethanol production is also available at . Cover photo of ethanol plant courtesy of AGP. To Readers . CLEAN rmr RHS_. Cr ƯL DEVELOPMENT COALITION Nebraska Ethanol Board During the past decade interest in the production of biofuels from renewable resources has continued to grow throughout the United States. Major grain producing states have placed special emphasis on the production of ethanol. The production and use of ethanol generates a variety of essential economic activity at the .
