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April 14, 2008: Construction Update for Aberdeen Energy
- There are 360 workers on-site (working 7 days a week, 12 hours a day.
- We are still on track for a May 2008 startup.
- Process Building - Piping, insulation, electrical continues.
- Rail load out – pipe rack is about 75% complete.
- Energy Center – about 90% completed
- The plant overall is looking good
- Grains –started doing some of their electrical checkout; bumping motors, etc…
- Start-up team to be on-site the last week in April.
- Permanent power has been energized
- finishing phase II work
- Rail –still on track to be completed in April.
- Truck Scale House and Grains office building – The scale house; is enclosed with doors, windows, house wrap, and steel siding. Wiring is roughed in, sheet rock is complete, cabinet’s installed, HVAC almost complete; should run the main power today. The grains office footings and walls are poured and backfilled; depending on the weather the slab floor will be poured early this week
April 2, 2008: Aberdeen Energy
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Scale House |
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Scale House |
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Scale House |
Fire water tank and rail load out pipe rack |
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April 10: Cooling tower piping east of Energy Center |
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March 18, 2008: Aberdeen Energy
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Evap and distillation |
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East side of energy center looking towards cooling tower |
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Cook Alley |
February 28, 2008 - Aberdeen Energy Construction
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Hoop tent storage building |
Footings for west wall of wet cake pad |
Energy Center roofing being installed above dryer A and B |
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Distillation columns |
B&B installing the wet well
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B&B crew installing force main
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installing flour conveyor from hammer mills |
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Aberdeen Energy Construction Update (2/29/08)
We are still on track for a May 2008 start up in lieu of the severe cold weather we have had this year. Fagen, Inc our builder continues to work 7 days week and we have a total of 270 workers on site to date. The Process Building is 98% enclosed with steel siding. The wetcake pad is under construction. The Energy Center is 60% complete and R&R Contracting has about 75% of the rail loop complete with a final completion date of mid March. Piping in Process and Fermentation areas continues. Fagen has began insulating process tanks and piping and B&B Contracting are installing the force main and wet well for the plant effluent water discharge. GLE has been sponsoring a monthly cookout with the most recent one on February 13 for the construction employees. These cookouts are much appreciated with the cold weather. The cooling tower is almost complete with the exception of pumps and piping. Dry wall is installed in the offices, lab, control, etc in the process building.
February 22, 2008 - Aberdeen Energy construction
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Mole sieve platforms being installed |
Energy Center conveyors |
Biomethanator being insulated |
February 14, 2008 - Aberdeen Energy construction
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Looking NW from 370 Avenue |
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Process building SW corner |
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Rail work west of grains receiving building
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Bio methanator tanks being insulated |
Grains receiving |
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Ease end of Process looking at maintenance doors |
Wet cake pad wall |
Energy Center |
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February 6, 2008 - Construction at Aberdeen Energy
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Water treatment building
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TO stack set in place |
Southwest side of Energy Center |
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South MCC Energy Center |
Looking at east side of Process Building outside maintenance area |
Footings for wetcake pad |
East side of Process Building |
January 30, 2008 - Construction continues at Aberdeen Energy. . .
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View of plant looking SE from Hwy 12 |
TO stack being insulated |
Tank farm looking SE from Hwy 12 |
Process building NW corner and liq tank insulated |
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Process building NE corner |
Process area SE corner |
Looking at south end of process building |
Looking at natural gas south of admin building |
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Looking at cook water meth feed and thin stillage tank pumps |
Inside grains receiving building |
Hammer mills south side Bliss brand 300 hp |
Hammer mills north side Bliss brand 300 hp |
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Grains receiving looking SE |
Fermentation north end |
Fermentation looking south east |
Energy center MCC south |
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Energy center NW corner |
Ferm tank repair piece and siding between ferms |
View of plant looking south east |
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Energy center MCC north |
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January 3, 2008 - Contruction at Aberdeen Energy
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CO2 Scrubber |
Cook Alley |
Cooling Tower |
Energy Center south east corner |
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Energy Center south west corner |
Evaps and mole sieves |
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Process building looking south west |
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