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Perhaps the BioTown project was too ambitions; VeraSun's ethanol plant stopped

This is not good news for American ethanol advocates: VeraSun is suspending construction at its 110-million-gallon-a-year ethanol plant in Reynolds, Indiana because ethanol prices are too low. This matters more than the shutdown of two biodiesel plants in Texas that we mentioned yesterday. Why, you might ask? Because Reynolds, Indiana is actually BioTown, USA. That's right, the one town in America where everything was supposed to be about bio-energy can't support an ethanol plant. VeraSun announced the plant back in April and construction was ... Read more →

BioTown, USA getting an ethanol plant from VeraSun Energy Sebastian Blanco

Now we're getting somewhere. And by "we" I mean BioTown, USA (Reynolds, Indiana). While last year we had stories about how this small town in Indiana is trying to grow and make all of its own energy ...

BioTown, USA's latest upgrades include biomass-to-electricity generator Sebastian Blanco

Do we have any readers representing BioTown, USA, AKA Reynolds, Indiana? This tiny town (population ~550) is trying to become energy self-sufficient and is using biofuels and biomass-generated ...

BioTown, USA Joel Arellano

Everyone's heard about individual survivalists rejecting modern society and, instead, living off the land. But how about an entire town? The tiny town of Reynolds, Indiana, won't be building ...

Perhaps the BioTown project was too ambitions; VeraSun's ethanol plant stopped 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

This is not good news for American ethanol advocates: VeraSun is suspending construction at its 110-million-gallon-a-year ethanol plant in Reynolds, Indiana because ethanol prices are too low. This matters more than the shutdown of two biodiesel plants in Texas that we mentioned yesterday. Why, you ...

BioTown, USA getting an ethanol plant from VeraSun Energy 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Now we're getting somewhere. And by "we" I mean BioTown, USA (Reynolds, Indiana). While last year we had stories about how this small town in Indiana is trying to grow and make all of its own energy but still didn't have any ethanol pumps (so all the flexible-fuel vehicles in the town were cruising ...

BioTown, USA's latest upgrades include biomass-to-electricity generator 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Do we have any readers representing BioTown, USA, AKA Reynolds, Indiana? This tiny town (population ~550) is trying to become energy self-sufficient and is using biofuels and biomass-generated electricity to get there. We've written about this project before (links below) and now that the next phase ...

BioTown, USA 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Everyone's heard about individual survivalists rejecting modern society and, instead, living off the land. But how about an entire town? The tiny town of Reynolds, Indiana, won't be building barricade and polishing shotguns. However, it's still a first, a "biotown" that will power itseflt using ...


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