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Iowa’s newest alternative energy manufacturing facility, Western Iowa Energy, will produce 30 million gallons of biodiesel annually. The process will use natural oils, such as soy oil, as well as animal fats which makes it unique from other biodiesel manufacturing facilities.
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Western Iowa Energy Board and Project Manger
Front: (l to r) Tom Schroeder, Orlin Steinkamp, Jeff Cranston,
Denny Mauser. Back: (l to r) Jim Venner, Mark Muench,
John Geake, Warren Bush, Marla Conley, Jim Meyer.
Not pictured: Bill Horan, Kevin Ross, David Sieck.
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Western Iowa Energy Milestones
- February 2004 - Originally organized
- July 2004 - Feasibility study completed
- September 2004 - Registered as Iowa limited liability company
- October 2004 - Board organized and seed capital raised
- April 2005 - Groundbreaking
- June 2005 - Dirt work started
- May 2006 - Biodiesel Production began
- August 2006 - WIE Annual Meeting and Election
The investors voted to reduce the board size to 7 instead of 12.
The new board was voted in as follows:
Bill Horan, Chairman
John Geake, Vice Chairman
Denny Mauser, Treasurer
Kevin Ross, Secretary
Warren Bush
Nile Ramsbottom
Wayne Seaman
- October 2006 - Pretreatment facility scheduled to be operational.
Western Iowa Energy Goals
- March 2005 Equity drive begins
- Spring 2005 Groundbreaking and construction begins
- Early 2006 Biodiesel production begins
Investor Owned and Driven
Western Iowa Energy, LLC is governed by a 7 member board of investors and employs a General Manager, Larry Breeding. Their mission is to become the low cost producer of biodiesel.
Other partners and associates in the development process include:
- West Central Cooperative
- Renewable Energy Group
- Todd & Sargent
- Heartland Marketing Group
- City of Wall Lake
- Sac County Rural Electric Cooperative
- Christianson & Association, LLC
- Wayne Seaman Enterprises
- Brown, Winick, and Graves
- Ag Visions
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