monday, november 24, 1975
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Alcohol distillery plans follow gasohol popularity
Ri Rnn RuHess
Because of the popularity of a
combination alcohol and gasoline fuel
(gasohol) in Nebraska, financing is being
sought for an alcohol distillery in the state.
Nebraska's Agricultural Products
Industrial Utilization Committee is look
ing for $21 million dollars to build the
industrial grade grain alcohol plant.
"We're leaving it open for investment
from a private company," said Charles
Fricke, committee administrator.
If no private corporation is interested
in its construction, he said, the plant may
be built with state or federal funds and
leased to a private company.
"We may also try to get a grain check
off referendum passed," Fricke said,
"where grain fanners would contribute
so many dollars per bushel (such as one
cent) toward a grain alcohol plant."
Eastern Nebraska
William Scheller, UNL Chemical
Engineering Dept.- chairman, said a grain
alcohol plant probably would be construct
ed in the eastern part of the state because
it would use milo and corn for distilling,"
two products found in eastern Nebraska.
The proposed plant would produce
20 million gallons of 20(f)roof alcohol,
which would be enough additive for 200
million gallons of gasohol, 20 percent of
Nebraska's annual fuel consumption, he
said.
Other than alcohol, he said, the plant
would produce dried grain for cattle feed,
a possible protein concentrate for human
consumption and carbon dioxide, which
could be sold to soft drink manufacturers
or released harmlessly into the air.
Sheller said he is "99 per cent certain
the plant will be fueled by coal, because
of the economics" of the cheaper fuel.
If the plant could be built near a power
generating plant, it could use electricity
or steam power, he added.
Although several companies have shown
interest in financing or running such a
grain alcohol distillery, no committments
are being made, said Fricke.
Oil companies
"A few petroleum companies have
shown an interest in the plant," he said.
A protein extraction addition to the
plant would cost an extra $7 million,
Sheller said. Since recovered protein must
be approved by the Federal Drug Admin
istration before it can be used
commercially, it is unlikely a company
would risk the extra cost, Sheller said.
Fricke said investors may want more
proof of gasohol's practicality before
becoming involved in the project.
Although the committee has conducted
a two-million mile road test using gasohol
and has found the product to be satis
factory in cars, Sheller said more proof
probably will be needed because of the
large investment.
He said the fuel would be sold as a
commercial petroleum product and the
Legislature's three cent reduction on
gasohol's gas tax probably would be kept
intact.
The Legislature would not have to
approve the plant's construction if it did
not invest any state money in it, Fricke
said.
"Nebraska is the only state, to my
knowledge, that has started such a program
through state government action," Fricke
added, "and as far as I know, there is no
other state with a program in such an
advanced stage."
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Marie Knickrehm, a UNL professor of
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in 1969 and served as president of the Ne
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