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By Gerry Whitty
Editor

Growing Back to the Future

By combining existing facilities with advanced technologies, Renew Energy of Jefferson, WI is prepared to deliver high-value products to a fuel and feed-hungry marketplace.

Renew Energy of Jefferson, WI

$corn fractionation system ensures a more efficient separation of bran, germ and endosperm$

A corn fractionation system ensures a more efficient separation of bran, germ and endosperm resulting in a capture of more than 80% of the fermentable starch in corn.

Scott Busch (l) and Joe Thorner (r) of Renew

Scott Busch (l) and Joe Thorner (r) inspect a bucket full of Renew Meal feed before it�s loaded out.

After kiln conditioning for anywhere from 36 to 48 hours, Renew Meal is much easier to handle.

Renew Energy has entered an agreement with Zeeland Farm Service, of Zeeland MI, to market the co-products produced during ethanol production as livestock feed.

In addition to feed and fuel products, Renew Energy is equipped to produce and market carbon dioxide.

The operations and functions for the entire facility are managed and monitored on four separate 4-screen control bays in their state-of-the-art control room.

As part of fractionation, corn is degermed (above)and separated for oil extraction.

$fractionation components are sifted and separated$

After fractionation components are sifted and separated (above) to maximize usable products like starches for fuel, bran for both feed and fuel production among other uses.

CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES ABOUND

An agreement with Michigan-based Zeeland Farm Service, to market its Renew Meal feed, meets one challenge facing many ethanol plants: What to do with the co-products we produce?

Differentiation is very important to Renew as it seeks to position its branded feed line now and for years to come. Busch looks at a differentiation strategy as a huge opportunity to get closer to the marketplace.

�Part of what makes us different is how we push the technological envelope in every segment of production,� notes Busch. �From fractionation to our drying, conditioning and evaluation processes, new technologies elevate our performance and raise expectations of the co-products category.

�That means going out to our customers and suppliers to learn what�s important to them,� Busch emphasizes. �Whether its developing products with better amino acid profiles or pelletizing bran for fuel to capture 8,000 btu�s/lb. with less than 1% ash. This is what people want and we hope that they come to us for these solutions today, tomorrow and for years to come.�

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