New Ethanol Storage, Transfer Facility

The city of Manly, Iowa is ecstatic because a new multi-million-gallon ethanol storage, transfer facility is being built there. It will be a $10 million dollar project, set to open this summer. The first of three tanks is now being built on a 100 acre site. This 3-million gallon tank will be joined by two, one million gallon tanks. The will eventually have storage for 20 million gallons of ethanol. This terminal is an example of the impact ethanol is having on Iowa's agricultural economy. The best part of this is that these types of projects are done by people who live here in this area. It wasn't just designed somewhere else and then just dropped in here. It's also something that just won't pick up and move overseas. It's production needs are right here and that is the corn. There are problems involved but they pale in comparison to the vast explosion of renewable energy operations that continue to make Iowa the leader in this industry. This is a bigger project than most people can even imagine. It's really good for Iowa.