Idaho nuclear plant developers mull ethanol production sideline

Washington (Platts)--15Dec2006

A proposed nuclear plant in Idaho might be used to produce ethanol in
addition to generating electricity, Alternate Energy Holdings said Thursday.

AEHI, a small, Virginia-based company focused on green energy sources,
said a cogeneration plant is under consideration as a way to use surplus
thermal heat from the nuclear plant to lower the costs of producing bioethanol
from locally grown grain.

AEHI is assisting a farmers cooperative, the Rural River Co-op, in
developing a reactor near Bruneau, Idaho. The concept of plant process
byproduct use is under discussion with Rod Stucker of RM Enterprises, a Boise,
Idaho-based agricultural and ethanol consulting company, AEHI said.

The original concept had envisioned the farmers using some of the
electricity for irrigation and selling the remainder on the market.

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