The Dimmitt facility, idle at the time of purchase, previously operated as a corn fructose facility with a grinding capacity of over 60,000 bushels of corn per day.
Orion Ethanol plans to convert the facility into a fully integrated renewable fuels campus in three phases over three years. The first phase encompasses converting the corn fructose wet milling facility into a 60 million gallon per year ethanol plant and a 10 million gallon per year edible oil extraction facility.
The company noted that phases two and three will consist of adding a 10 million gallon per year cellulose-to-ethanol processing facility, a 12 million gallon per year biodiesel plant, a 25,000 ton per year yeast plant, and a 60MW to 75MW wind and biomethane-based electrical generation facility.
The asset purchase brings with it approximately 1,200 surrounding acres and a wind lease agreement. Orion is currently seeking strategic partners for the construction of a wind farm project at the site.
