Milton's RTO up and running

We have covered the problems the Milton plant has had with air emissions. The regenerative thermal oxidizer (RTO) (Non-engineers think of a huge catalytic converter - high heat to do a comlete burn) to correct the problem is now up and running at the Milton, WI Ethanol plant. The Milton plant has its initial tie-ins complete and according to the new schedule, plan to have their Greenshift COES up and running prior to 30 September. I suspect earlier.

http://www.unitedethanol.com/index.cfm?show=10&mid=41

Here is a new quote from "The United Ethanol Story" section of their web site:

"In early 2008, United Ethanol entered into a contract for corn oil extraction with GS-Clean Tech, Chicago, Ill. They will be building the operations on the ethanol plant site and United Ethanol will operate the facility. This contract could generate an additional $1,000,000 in profits on an annual basis. This is the first stage of a long-term project that will get us into bio-diesel production using corn oil from our facility. "

I find the reference to "bio-diesel production" and "long term project" interesting.

SkunK