VeraSun Energy Corporation, headquartered in Brookings, S.D., is a leading
producer of renewable fuel. Founded in 2001, the company has 560 million gallons
per year (MMGY) of production capacity through five operating ethanol production
facilities in Aurora, S.D., Fort Dodge and Charles City, Iowa, Linden, Ind.,
and Albion, Neb. Four facilities are currently either under construction or
development in Hartley, Iowa, Welcome, Minn., Reynolds, Ind., and Bloomingburg,
Ohio. Upon completion of the new facilities, VeraSun Energy will have an annual
production capacity of approximately one billion gallons. The company also has
begun construction at its Aurora facility 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™. VeraSun Energy now has approximately 150 VE85™ retail
locations under contract in more than a dozen states and Washington, D.C.