Stanfield
A biorefinery scheduled to begin production in early 2008 would
employ between 90 and 100 workers and produce 120 million
gallons per year of ethanol and 96 million gallons per year of
biodiesel. Inland Pacific
Energy Center LLC plans to break ground by the end of
2006 with a $140 million capital investment in the plant near
Hermiston, which will convert corn from the Midwest and canola
from Canada into usable biofuel. “We’re hoping that
Columbia Basin farmers will eventually contribute crops,”
says project manager Bob Doughty, who intends to sell the
byproducts as high-protein rations for livestock.
