Greentech Lead America: Eco-Energy, an alternative
energy company that distributes bio-fuels across the globe, has partnered
with NuStar, the second largest independent liquids terminal operator in the
U.S., to develop an ethanol unit train and storage facility in Northern, VA and
Washington market.
Eco-Energy and NuStar will jointly develop an ethanol unloading,
storage and outbound truck loading solution at NuStar’s Dumfries, VA facility.
The site will be operational by the third quarter of 2013.Under the long-term
agreement, each company will bear their own development, construction and
refurbishment costs.
“We are pleased to work with NuStar in developing
this ethanol terminal and storage solution for the Northern, VA and Washington,
DC markets. They are a well known terminal operator and we look forward to a
great relationship,” said Chadwick Conn, Eco-Energy’s VP of Operations.
The proposed train terminal will have approximately
155,000 barrels ofethanol storage capacity and will distribute over
400,000 barrels per month. The facility will be equipped to receive up to 96
rail car unit trains via CSX Transportation (“CSX”) with 24/36 hour
turnaround time.
“This is a great project for the partners, the
bio-fuel producers and the end users. We are excited that we’ll be able to
deliver ethanol more quickly and cost-effectively to this growing market,”
said Danny Oliver, NuStar’s senior vice president of marketing and business
development.
Eco-Energy to develop ethanol unit train and storage facility
Recently, Eco-Energy announced it is developing an
ethanol unit train and storage facility to serve the Atlanta, GA market area.
The ethanol unit train terminal will utilize an automated loading system and
will have a capacity to distribute over 400,000 barrels (16.8M gallons) per
month.
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