ICM to Begin Construction on Pilot Cellulosic Ethanol Plant [June 2010]

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ICM, Inc. Signs Contract with the U.S. Department of Energy for $31 Million Cooperative Agreement
Construction to Commence August 2010 on Pilot Plant in St. Joseph, MO for Production of Fuel Ethanol from High-Impact Cellulosic Feedstocks
 
(Colwich, Kan. –June 8, 2010) – ICM, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has signed a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to receive $25 million to fund the construction and operation of its cellulosic ethanol pilot and demonstration facility in St. Joseph, Missouri. ICM will modify its existing dry fractionation grain-to-ethanol pilot plant located at LifeLine Foods LLC, in St. Joseph, to produce fuel ethanol from captive corn fiber and two high-impact cellulosic feedstocks, switchgrass and  energy sorghum. ICM’s strategy of co-locating the cellulosic biorefinery with its existing grain-to-ethanol pilot biorefinery will efficiently accelerate pilot-scale operations and improve process economics. ICM has developed new technology and will be testing pretreatment, hydrolysis, and fermentation processes, which are the critical unit operations required for the cost effective production of ethanol from cellulosic feedstocks.
 
ICM expects this technology to be scalable for commercial applications and is contributing $6 million of its own funds as the cost-share portion for this integrated biorefinery project.
 
ICM, a leading ethanol industry design/build firm with process technology in use at more than 102 biorefineries across North America, will utilize its experience to construct, operate, and validate cellulosic ethanol production technologies at the St. Joseph, MO project site. Construction will begin in August 2010, and the anticipated demonstration phase is scheduled to begin in January 2011; fully integrated campaigns will commence by the 4th quarter 2011.The $31million cooperative agreement is administered by the DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and is funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
 
Novozymes North America, Inc., an industry leader in the development, production, and distribution of enzymes, is ICM’s subawardee for this project.
 
Dave Vander Griend, president and CEO of ICM said, “We’re excited to have completed the award agreement with the DOE and look forward to commencing the first phase of pilot plant construction. ICM understands the importance of utilizing Recovery funds to help strengthen our nation’s energy independence, foster job creation across rural America, and produce cleaner, more sustainable fuel. DOE’s funding of this award will help our industry continue to displace imported petroleum with domestically produced fuels and help accelerate ethanol production targets that were mandated in the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).”
 
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