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Milan's connections to a renewable energy economy can be seen at the local elevator, where all but 70,000 bushels of the 2.1 million bushels of corn handled there in the past year was sold to ethanol producers in the region. Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny

Move to renewable energy offers opportunities for rural areas

MILAN -- A week ago Lois Quam was in the United Arab Emirates, where she represented Piper Jaffray & Company of Minneapolis as oil producing states in the Middle East...

news Fri, Jan 30, 2009 - 12:00am

Benson Schools awarded an $80,000 federal grant for renewable energy lab

BENSON -- Benson Public Schools will receive an $80,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Labor for construction of a renewable energies lab in the district. Superintendent Lee Westrum said...

news / region Wed, Jan 21, 2009 - 2:45pm

David Swenson of Iowa State University discusses recent troubles in the ethanol industry Monday at the North Dakota Grain Dealers Association convention in Fargo. David Samson / The Forum

Speaker questions value of ethanol

FARGO, N.D. - The U.S.

news / nation / state Tue, Jan 20, 2009 - 7:00am

Gene Fynboh of the Chippewa Valley Ethanol Company holds a handful of newly harvested corn cobs from a field south of Priam in mid-October. Chippewa Valley Ethanol Company demonstrated it is possible to harvest corn cobs along with the yellow grain under difficult conditions. Tribune file photo

Ethanol producer hopes to create biomass market

BENSON -- Weather conditions made it very difficult to harvest this year's corn crop, but they didn't stop the Chippewa Valley Ethanol Company from gleaning corn cobs along with the...

Sat, Dec 13, 2008 - 12:00am

First signs of consolidation in ethanol industry

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - The first salvo may have been fired this week in a long-awaited shakeout for the U.S. ethanol industry. VeraSun Energy Corp., the nation's No. 2...

news / nation Wed, Nov 26, 2008 - 8:00am

Ethanol company tests new biomass

The Chippewa Valley Ethanol Company plant in Benson is taking a positive step toward finding an alternative energy source and providing more value to its producers. Chippewa Valley is going...

Fri, Oct 17, 2008 - 12:00am

Willmar MUC and Kandiyohi Power sign off on landmark agreement

SPICER -- Officials of Kandiyohi Power Cooperative and Willmar Municipal Utilities have signed landmark agreements that enable Kandiyohi Power and Willmar -- and possibly other municipal utilities and co-ops in...

region Thu, Oct 16, 2008 - 12:00am

CVEC looks at harvesting corn cobs as form of biomass fuel

PRIAM -- Their grandparents knew the value of corn cobs as a fuel, and used them to help warm the house or heat up the oven for baking bread. Yet...

region Thu, Oct 16, 2008 - 12:00am

Corn cob demo schedule changes

BENSON -- Due to the late harvest, the schedule for the corn cob harvest demonstration hosted by the Chippewa Valley Ethanol Company has been changed. The times remain from 10...

news / local / region Mon, Oct 13, 2008 - 12:00am

Region to host tour groups for St. Paul's international bioenergy conference; 6-day event set to begin Sunday

WILLMAR -- West central Minnesota's renewable energy technology and capabilities will be on display this coming week for the International Bioenergy Days traveling congress. The six-day event starts Sunday in...

local / region Sat, Sep 27, 2008 - 12:00am

Bushmills to use, discharge less water

ATWATER -- A relatively straightforward air-permitting procedure, started in April of 2006 to allow Bushmills Ethanol to expand its production, has turned into a lengthy and expensive venture for the...

news / business Sat, Sep 20, 2008 - 12:00am

Editorial: Ethanol mandates are good policy

There has been a lot of wind and energy pumped out of Denver and St. Paul during the recent Democratic and Republican national conventions. However, whether either party can successfully...

Sat, Sep 06, 2008 - 12:00am

Emerging bio-energy markets are here to grow (and see)

BENSON -- On a clear day, it's possible to stand on the highest ground on Mary Jo and Luverne Forbord's Prairie Horizons farm and see the state's pioneer green energy...

news / local Tue, Sep 02, 2008 - 12:00am

Local couple putting bioenergy to the farm test

BENSON -- Mary Jo and Luverne Forbord took 30 acres of good cropland and decided it's time to find out: Are productive conservation and bioenergy for real, or are they...

news / local Tue, Sep 02, 2008 - 12:00am

Ethanol co. VeraSun shares fall on stock offering announcement

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Shares of VeraSun Energy Corp.

nation / business Fri, Aug 15, 2008 - 8:00am

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