Eastern ND Ethanol Plant Moving Ahead

Backers of ethanol plants being planned for eastern North Dakota say they re moving ahead The Tharaldson Ethanol plant near Casselton and the U S BioEnergy plant near Hankinson are to begin operations next year Each will be able to refine 100 million gallons of fuel a year from corn Russ Newman is the vice president for development of Tharaldson Ethanol He says there s no talk of slowing down Backers of the Spirit Ethanol plant say it s moving ahead as well It s part of a planned energy complex near Spiritwood in central North Dakota