Perdue AgriBusiness to supply barley for Hopewell ethanol plant
Osage Bio Energy, the company building an ethanol plant in Hopewell, is partnering with Perdue AgriBusiness to source local barley for the ethanol production.
Perdue will work with farmers in the region to supply the Glen Allen-based company with its barley needs for the Appomattox Bio Energy plant in Hopewell, the first ethanol plant in Virginia, according to an Osage Bio Energy press release.
Osage will need 28 million bushels of barley to produce 65 million gallons of the alternative fuel per year. The ethanol would be distributed in local markets and used in E-10 and E-85 fuel blends.
It will also produce up to 170,000 tons of barley protein meal and 50,000 tons of fuel pellets.
The $160 million plant is being built with $300 million in cash equity Osage Bio Energy secured last year. The project near downtown Hopewell is on track for its projected opening next summer.
The facility will bring about 50 full-time jobs and $2 million in tax revenue annually to this industrial city of 23,000 residents.
Reader Reactions
I don’t think that converting food to fuel is a great idea, no matter how many jobs it creates. This is less “innovation” than a backdoor welfare program.
Hopewell just stinks up central VA… I’ve only had to go through there a few times and that’s too many.
Whether rail, barge, or trucks the impact to the environment can be mitigated with proper measures. What needs to stressed is the importance in keeping the jobs in Virginia. This plant created jobs in the bio-energy field as well as maintaining the flailing agricultural industry that has and IS the backbone of Virginia. Instead of finding ways to put down the innovations, find ways to help them succeed.
They do have rail access and I believe that is their preferred mode of transportation.
Anon,
Not sure what part of brewing makes the smell, but would anyone really notice another bad smell in Hopewell anyways?
Is it the barley or the hops that makes a brewery smell like a rotting mound of sheep manure?
That is about 135 trucks in and out per day.
Can they use rail or barge?
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