VeraSun Energy

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VeraSun Energy Corporation produces renewable fuel.

The company has 450MMGY of production capacity through four operating ethanol production facilities in Aurora, South Dakota, Fort Dodge, Iowa, Charles City, Iowa, and Linden, Indiana. Five facilities are currently under construction in Hartley, Iowa, Welcome, Minnesota, Reynolds, Indiana, Albion, Nebraska, and Bloomingburg, Ohio.

Upon completion of the new facilities, VeraSun will have an annual production capacity of approximately one billion gallons by the end of 2008. The company also has plans to extract oil from dried distillers grains, a co-product of the ethanol process, for use in biodiesel production.

VeraSun markets E85, a blend of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline for use in Flexible Fuel Vehicles (FFVs), directly to fuel retailers under the brand VE85. VE85 is now available at more than ninety retail locations.

On August 20, 2007, VeraSun announced that it closed on its acquisition with ASAlliances Biofuels for three ethanol plants with a combined annual production capacity of approximately 330 million gallons per year (MMGY).

Headquarters: Brookings, South Dakota

Website: http://www.verasun.com/