Gevo re-starts production operations at Luverne
Type of post: NEWS IN BRIEF.
Gevo has announced that production operations at its advanced, renewable fuels production facility located in Luverne (Minnesota, USA) have re-commenced.
Press release: “Gevo's Luverne Facility Re-Starts Production Operations”, 04/08/2021.
Related post: “Gevo intends to build a renewable fuels production plant in Lake Preston”, 03/09/2018.
The Luverne Facility is expected to produce fuel-grade, renewable isobutanol (“IBA”). The IBA produced will be used as a feedstock for Gevo to produce sustainable aviation fuel (Alcohol-To-Fuel) and premium gasoline (Renewable gasoline) to fulfill existing sales contracts. These renewable hydrocarbons will be produced in Silsbee (Texas, USA) at the South Hampton Resources, Inc. hydrocarbon production facility. Gevo also expects to utilize some of the IBA produced to develop certain IBA specialty markets.
Moreover, the production operations at the Luverne Facility will allow Gevo to test and evaluate certain potential unit operations that may be incorporated into Gevo’s state-of-the-art Net-Zero 1 production facility that is expected to begin production in 2024 in Lake Preston (South Dakota, USA).
Agri-Energy, LLC, Gevo’s wholly-owned subsidiary that owns the Luverne Facility, has rehired multiple former employees and is in the process of hiring an additional 11 employees to produce the IBA with the goal to have 30 full-time employees.