Owners:
KAAPA Ethanol LLC www.kaapaethanol.com
Al-Corn Clean Fuel Cooperative www.al-corn.com
Heartland Corn Products
Minden, NE
Claremont, MN
Winthrop, MN
Chippewa Valley Ethanol LLLP www.cvec.com
Golden Grain Energy LLC
Benson, MN www.goldengrainenergy.com
Mason City, IA
Central MN Ethanol Co-Op www.centralmnethanol.com
Little Falls, MN
Timeline
Oct. 2005- U.S. BioEnergy announces plans to build a new ethanol plant near Janesville,
MN.
Jan.2007- U.S. BioEnergy begins construction on the Janesville ethanol plant, a large biorefinery that will be capable of producing 110 million gallons of fuel a year.
April 2008- Brookings, S.D. based Vera Sun Energy becomes the owner of the Janesville plant following a merge with U.S. BioEnergy. The Janesville plant is scheduled to begin operations before the end of the year.
October 2008- VerSun Energy files for bankruptcy.
March 2009- AgStar purchases the Janesville plant.
August 2009- Guradian Energy announces that they have signed a purchase agreement for the Janesville plant.
September 2009- Guardian Energy closed on the Janesville plant.
Attached Press Release

How Ethanol is made:
The production of ethanol or ethyl alcohol from starch or sugar-based feedstocks is among man's earliest ventures into value-added processing. While the basic steps remain the same, the process has been considerably refined in recent years, leading to a very efficient process. There are two production processes: wet milling and dry milling. The main difference between the two is in the initial treatment of the grain.
Importantly, companies today are involved in technological innovations such as cold starch fermentation, corn fractionation and corn oil extraction. Companies are also utilizing biomass gasification and methane digesters to reduce natural gas consumption.
Additional work is being done to reduce energy consumption and production costs, increase efficiency and reduce emissions using the best available control technologies.
THE ETHANOL PRODUCTION PROCESS - DRY MILLING

7:00am-4:30pm Monday-Friday
Board of Directors:
Randall J. Doyal
Bennett Brown
Chuck Woodside
William Lee
President
Secretary
Director
Director
Walter Wendland
Kerry Nixon
Guardian Energy LLC,
4745 380 th
Ave P.O. Box 207
Janesville, MN 56048
507-234-6001-phone
507-234-6090 – fax
Director
Director www.guardiannrg.com
Office Hours:
8:00am-5:00PM Monday-Friday
Closed Saturday and Sunday
Dumping Hours:
7:00am -4:30pm Monday-Friday

Pictures:
First delivery of corn was on October 2 nd 2009 by Richard & Kristin Guse