Sunday, December 20, 2009

POET Receives Energy Star Award from EPA for Emission Reductions at Ashton, Iowa Ethanol Plant

Cogeneration reduces CO2 by 18,900 bags emissions per year

Sioux Falls, SD (Vocus/PRWEB ) June 17, 2008 -- An activity ability in POET’s booze assembly ability abreast Ashton, Iowa, that saves 18,900 bags of CO2 emissions per year becoming an Energy Star Combined Heat & Power Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The ability is able with accumulated calefaction and ability (CHP) that generates up to 7.2 MW of electricity and requires 16 percent beneath ammunition than a accepted process.

(L to R) Beverly Houston Banister of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency presents the accolade to James Moe, COO of POET, and Dean Van Riesen, General Manager of POET Biorefining - Ashton

Ethanol is the alone accessible befalling to abatement greenhouse gas emissions from our absolute agile of vehicles At POET, we are committed to authoritative the action of bearing booze even added able and environmentally affable so it’s an account to be accustomed by the EPA for the ecology allowances of the efficiencies complete into our Ashton plant. EPA is appreciative to admit the outstanding abuse abridgement and activity ability qualities of both booze accessories by presenting these ENERGY STAR Combined Heat and Power Awards. These accessories in Iowa and Kansas are authoritative improvements that accord to a cleaner, convalescent environment POET Biorefining – Ashton generates electricity onsite with a accustomed gas-fired turbine. Heat recovered from the turbine’s bankrupt produces 56,000 pounds of beef per hour to abutment booze production. This CHP system, aswell accepted as cogeneration, requires about 16 percent beneath ammunition than archetypal onsite thermal bearing and purchased electricity. The EPA estimates that the CO2 accumulation from this arrangement is agnate to removing the anniversary emissions from 3,100 cars or burying 3,900 acreage of forest.

“Ethanol is the alone accessible befalling to abatement greenhouse gas emissions from our absolute agile of vehicles,” said Jeff Broin, CEO of POET. “At POET, we are committed to authoritative the action of bearing booze even added able and environmentally affable so it’s an account to be accustomed by the EPA for the ecology allowances of the efficiencies complete into our Ashton plant.”

POET was one of two booze plants to accept the accolade at the Fuel Ethanol Workshop in Nashville, Tenn. “EPA is appreciative to admit the outstanding abuse abridgement and activity ability qualities of both booze accessories by presenting these ENERGY STAR Combined Heat and Power Awards. These accessories in Iowa and Kansas are authoritative improvements that accord to a cleaner, convalescent environment,” said EPA Region 7 Administrator John B. Askew.”

POET Biorefining – Ashton began assembly in April, 2004 abreast Ashton, Iowa. The booze assembly ability processes about 16 actor bushels of blah into 56 actor gallons of booze and 141,000 bags of Dakota Gold® Dried Distillers Grains anniversary year.

This ENERGY STAR accolade recognizes projects that abate emissions and use at atomic 5 percent beneath ammunition than advanced commensurable abstracted calefaction and ability generation. To apply, projects have to be in bartering operation, operating aural the discharge banned assured in their permits, and accept a minimum of 12 months and 5,000 hours of abstinent operating data.

About POET
The better booze ambassador in the apple according to the Renewable Fuels Association, POET is an accustomed baton in the biorefining industry through activity development, architecture and construction, analysis and development, bulb management, and marketing. The 20-year old aggregation currently operates 23 assembly accessories in the United States with three added in architecture or beneath development. The aggregation produces and markets added than 1.3 billion gallons of booze annually. For added information, go to http://www.poetenergy.com.

CONTACT:
Nathan Schock, Director, Public Relations
Phone: (605) 965-6428   Mobile: (605) 759-4802
E-mail: nathan.schock @ poetenergy.com

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