Valero Energy Corp. and Indiana state officials this week celebrated the restart of a 110-million-gallons-per-day ethanol plant Valero purchased earlier this year. The Mount Vernon plant, which Valero bought from Aventine Renewable Energy in March, had been mothballed for two years. It was Valero’s first ethanol plant purchase since 2010. The Mount Vernon plant is the 11th corn ethanol plant in the Valero renewables system and the company’s second in Indiana.
The plant is located on land leased from the Ports of Indiana and has ready access to corn suppliers and rail, truck and barge transportation.
“Valero’s team recognized there are considerable strategic advantages for the production and distribution of ethanol at an Ohio River port,” said Ports of Indiana CEO Rich Cooper. “Valero’s investment into this facility creates significant economic impacts in Southwest Indiana and throughout our state.”
