Suncor Energy announces proposed ethanol plant location

By OGJ editors

HOUSTON, Apr. 23 -- Suncor Energy Inc. subsidiary Suncor Energy Products Inc., Sarnia, Ont., is investigating St. Clair Township, in the Sarnia-Lambton region, as a site for its proposed world-class ethanol plant (OGJ Online, Feb. 16, 2004).

The $120 million plant is designed to produce more than 200 million l./year of ethanol beginning in 2005. It would utilize 18-20 million bushels/year of mostly Ontario-grown corn to make ethanol that would be blended into Sunoco gasolines, which also would be sold through other wholesale and retail channels.

Suncor said it plans to use thermal oxidizer technology, which scrubs emissions and reduces odors, at its proposed ethanol plant.