Exploring energy beets

WEST FARGO, N.D. — A North Dakota company pushing for the development of beet-fed ethanol plants in North Dakota now is seeking funds for a $5 million “pilot-scale” demonstration plant they hope will be built in 2012. This would be followed by a string of $40 million commer-cial-scale plants in subsequent years.

By: Mikkel Pates, Agweek