Rick Whittaker
Muscatine, IA (USA)
Role(s):
Heartland Renewable Energy
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Location:
Muscatine
Industry:
Bio-Technology
Year Founded:
2007
Number Employees:
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Description:
Heartland Renewable Energy is made up of 8 founding investors, including 2 people with over 45 years experience in alcohol fermentation and plant design. We organized the company to develope ethanol plants using alternative feed stock other than corn. We feel at this time the Brazilians have the right idea in using sugar based energy crops for ethanol. Our first plant is designed to make 20 million gallons of ethanol using molasses and molasses. We have applied for a patten on the use if the left overs after fermentation to create our own energy and end up with a near zero carbon footprint. This is a new process in the United States and we are having trouble with someone to take the risk and provide the capital we need. The capital is around 40 million dollars, which makes the ethanol ar