Green Vision Groups launches 3.5Mgy sugarbeet ethanol project in North Dakota

In North Dakota, Green Vision Groups says it is developing a  $6 million, 3.5 million gallon demonstration plant to produce ethanol from energy sugarbeets. The facility is set to open in 2012 and the company plans to open another dozen processing facilities throughout the state capable of producing 20 million gallons each. It would take 1.5 gallons of water to make 1 gallon of ethanol for beets, as opposed to 2.5 gallons of water per gallon of ethanol for corn.

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