The Haskell County, Kan., refinery will convert corn and milo into ethanol that will be blended with gasoline. The plant´s output will replace the need to import 100 million gallons of gasoline each year. Panda Energy will use 1 billion pounds of cattle manure a year as a renewable fuel to power the facility.

Dallas-based Panda Energy has built more than 9,000 megawatts of electric generation capacity and is developing fuel ethanol plants, biomass electric generating facilities, biodiesel plants and clean coal projects.