Tour to Adkins Energy
Ethanol Plant and
Acciona Energy Wind Farm near
Lena, IL by
Northwestern Energy Technology Group (NETG)
on Monday, April 12, 2010
The process control building. The
entire plant can be run by just 3 technitians behind computer screens! Many
sensors and process control wires run from these computer screens to the entire
plant.
Whenever there is the slighest
chance of grid power variation from windy or bad weather, Adkins Energy switches
to it's own
independent power plant. The slighest variation in power will cause the entire
plant to shut down because so much
of the process is run electronically from sensors and controls. This building
contains their independent power plant.
This is the steam turbine in their own power plant
More corn arriving by truck after
the end of our tour and our red hard hats are off. Of all the ethanol plants
in the US
from small to medium to large, Adkins Energy is a medium sized ethanol plant
Andy with the 3 huge corn silos and a semi truck arriving with more corn
Corn silos with Andy
Eating our Subway Sandwich lunch at a nice park in Lena, IL (just below the Wisconsin Border)
Having fun in park after lunch
