Green Plains Renewable Energy
Green Plains Renewable Energy, based in Omaha, Nebraska, is a vertically-integrated, low-cost ethanol producer and an emerging leader within the biofuels industry. Its strategy is to expand its vertically-integrated platform of agronomy services and grain procurement through ethanol production, marketing, blending and distribution. Through a combination of its six production plants located in the heart of the Corn Belt and third party marketing contracts, GPRE's markets over 785 million gallons of corn-based ethanol per year, making Green Plains the fourth largest producer of fuel grade ethanol in North America.
GPRE’s agribusiness operates grain storage facilities with a storage capacity of approximately 20 million bushels and the Company has direct access to the gasoline market through its network of Blendstar blending facilities and distribution outlets.
GPRE is actively pursuing a range of second-generation biofuels opportunities, including an investment in algae production.