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The Moses Lake Biofuel Facility (Ethanol Site)



The Moses Lake site is rural, and has good access to rail, highway, labor, and water.



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The distillation towers (stripper and rectifier) are on the right. The small grain silos in the center left will have to be increased in size (raised) to have capacity sufficient for the plant build out. Grain is loaded into the plant at the concrete pad in the foreground, which has a pit with an auger.


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A view of the north side of the buildingThe distillation towers are on the left. The beer wells are visible on the right along with the evaporator during construction.

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The unit train-capable grain elevator facility is visible on the horizon in this (2006) view from the distillation towers to the South East.

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A 2006 photo to the east from the existing rectifier tower top.

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From the distillation tower, this (2006) view to the southwest shows the roof of the main building and I-90.

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View (2006) to the North from the grain elevator shows the original distillation towers in center, rail spur and main rail line, old boiler stacks on left, and two sets of stripper / rectifier columns lying horizontal on the ground.

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View from the distillation tower. Warehouse is at top left. The north group of 35K gallon tanks are center background, and the new evaporator is at center foreground. Cooling towers are visible to the right. The warehouse property can be seen along the top of this image on the left.