SynGest to Construct World’s First Biomass-to-Ammonia Plant in Menlo, Iowa

Business Wire
March 25, 2009 06:59 AM Eastern Daylight Time

Mini-Plant Strategy Offers Path to Renewable Fuel and Fertilizer Freedom

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SynGest, Inc. announced that its first plant to manufacture anhydrous ammonia fuel and fertilizer from corn biomass will be located 45 miles west of Des Moines, Iowa. The company confirmed that it has signed an agreement to purchase 75 acres of land in Menlo (population 375) in Guthrie County. The Menlo site offers easy access to road and rail transportation.

The SynGest Menlo plant will use 150,000 tons of locally supplied corn cobs per year to manufacture 50,000 tons of bio-ammonia annually, enough to fertilize 500,000 acres of nearby Iowa farmland under corn.

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