Harvestone Low Carbon Partners

GROWING OUR ENERGY FUTURE

Harvestone Low Carbon Partners (HLCP) operates at the intersection of traditional ethanol manufacturing and energy transition. We own and operate three ethanol biorefineries that turn locally grown corn into more than 200 million gallons per year of clean-burning, American-made fuel. We're also operating and actively developing vertically integrated infrastructure projects at our biorefineries to capture and permanently sequester the carbon dioxide that is generated in the ethanol production process. In doing so, we are helping to decarbonize our environment and creating a steady market for North Dakota and Indiana farmers as we build a renewable, and sustainable energy future.

Blue Flint

Biorefining - Continuously Refined

The Blue Flint biorefinery, located near Underwood, North Dakota, has been in operation since 2007. Blue Flint purchases more than 23 million bushels of corn from North Dakota farmers and uses it to produce over 70 million gallons of clean-burning ethanol, annually, as well as distillers grains for livestock feed, and corn oil for biodiesel production. The Blue Flint plant also provides E85 to retail fuel stations all across the state.

Blue Flint was built next to Rainbow Energy's Coal Creek Station, North Dakota's largest power plant, for a very good reason: co-location. We purchase waste steam from Coal Creek Station to provide the thermal energy needed for our ethanol refining process and to dry distillers grains. Our partnership with Rainbow Energy differentiates Blue Flint as one of the most cost-effective, energy efficient and environmentally friendly biorefinieries in the country.

In October 2023, Blue Flint became only the third biorefinery in the United States to capture and permanently sequester approximately 200,000 metric tons of CO2 it generates on an annual basis through an on-site Class VI injection well.

Dakota Spirit

Building on Success

We built on the success of our Blue Flint plant with the development of the Dakota Spirit biorefinery in 2015, which is co-located next to Great River Energy's Spiritwood Station power plant, located near Spiritwood, North Dakota. Spiritwood Station was originally designed for dual purpose: generating electricity and providing waste steam for industrial users. Steam from Spiritwood Station powers our refining process at Dakota Spirit, giving it the same advantages as our Blue Flint location: it's cost-effective, energy efficient and environmentally friendly. The Dakota Spirit plant produces over 80 million gallons of clean-burning ethanol from more than 26 million bushels of corn, each year, in addition to distillers grains and corn oil.

IBEC

Fueling the Community

Iroquois Bio Energy Company (IBEC) began operations in 2007, in Rensselaer, Indiana, located about 80 miles southeast of Chicago. IBEC produces approximately 60 million gallons of clean burning ethanol per year from approximately 20 million bushels of corn. IBEC's corn feedstock is procured from local farms, is dry milled and processed through a natural gas-fired biorefinery. IBEC's finished products include denatured ethanol, Unleaded 88, E30, E50 and E85 blends, distillers grains and corn oil. IBEC also offers public access to its blended ethanol products through an on-site retail gas pump.