TABLE -US ethanol capacity nears 7.9 bln gallons/yr

NEW YORK, Jan 24 (Reuters) - U.S. ethanol capacity has jumped 45 percent
over last year to nearly 7.9 billion gallons per year (gpy) as producers hope
to break open new markets for the domestic fuel amid government mandates and
strong oil prices.

U.S. ethanol plants keep opening despite terminal and offloading
bottlenecks that have led to pooling of the fuel in production hubs, analysts
say.

ConAgra Foods Inc said this week that high construction and water costs
forced it to withdraw plans to build a more than 100 million gpy ethanol plant
in Clovis, New Mexico. (Please see [nN23625245]).

Late last year, at least four other companies delayed or halted building
distilleries.

Even so, capacity is rising. Ethanol producers see hope in new markets
developing in the U.S. Southeast, and the new U.S. energy law that mandates a
five-fold increase in blending to 36 billion gpy by 2022.

Midwest cash ethanol prices <ETHANOL/US> were $2.21 per gallon on Thursday,
down about 8 cents in the week, but up about 68 cents from lows in October.

There are 139 U.S. ethanol distilleries with 62 plants under construction
and 7 undergoing expansion.

If all the new plants and expansions come on line in 2008, or later, total
U.S. capacity will be about 13.5 billion gpy.

Below is a list of the larger U.S. ethanol production and expansion plans
by company. All figures are in million gpy.
Company Location Feedstock Capacity Under Construction
Abengoa Bioenergy Corp.

York, NE Corn/milo 55

Colwich, KS 25

Portales, NM 30

Ravenna, NE 88
Aberdeen Energy SD Corn 100
Absolute Energy, LLC IA Corn 100
Adkins Energy, LLC IL Corn 40
Advanced Bioenergy NE Corn 100
AGP NE Corn 52
Archer Daniels Midland Total: 1,070 550

Decatur, IL Corn na

Cedar Rapids, IA Corn (Aug 2009) 275

Clinton, IA Corn na

Columbus, NE Corn (2008) 275

Marshall, MN Corn na

Peoria, IL Corn na

Wahlalla, ND Corn/barley na
Arkalon Energy LLC KS Corn 110
ASAlliances Biofuels

Albion, NE Corn 100

Linden, IN Corn 100

Bloomingburg, OH Corn 100
Aventine Renewable

Pekin, IL Corn 207

Aurora, NE Corn
Big River Resources IA Corn 52
Blue Flint Ethanol ND Corn 50
Bunge-Ergon Vicksburg MS Corn 60
Cardinal Ethanol IN Corn 100
Cargill, Inc.

Blair, NE Corn 85

Eddyville, IA Corn 35

Cascade Grain, OR Corn 108
Center Ethanol Company IL Corn 54
Chief Ethanol NE Corn 62
Conestoga Energy Ptnrs KS Corn/milo 55
Corn, LP IA Corn 50
Dakota Ethanol, LLC SD Corn 50
Frontier Ethanol IA Corn 60
Glacial Lakes Energy SD Corn 50 50
Global Ethanol Lakota, IA Corn 95

Riga, MI Corn 57
Golden Grain Energy, LLC IA Corn 60 50
Granite Falls Energy MN Corn 52
Great Plains Ethanol SD Corn 50
Green Plains Renewable

Shenandoah, IA Corn 50

Superior, IA Corn 50
Hawkeye Renewables

Iowa Falls, IA Corn 105 100

Fairbank, IA Corn 115

Menlo, IA Corn 100
Heartland Corn Products MN Corn 100
Heron Lake BioEnergy MN Corn 50
Holt County Ethanol NE Corn 100
Horizon Ethanol IA Corn 60
Illinois River Energy IL Corn 50
Iowa Ethanol, LLC IA Corn 50
Iroquois Bio-Energy Co IN Corn 40
James Valley Ethanol SD Corn 50
Lincolnway Energy, LLC IA Corn 50
Little Sioux Corn IA Corn 52
Marquis Energy LLC IL Corn 100
MGP Ingredients, Inc.

Pekin, IL Corn/wht strch 78

Atchison, KS
Michigan Ethanol, LLC MI Corn 50
Missouri Valley Renew SD Corn 60
New Energy Corp. IN Corn 102
Northeast Biofuels NY Corn 114
Northern Lights Ethanol SD Corn 50
Northstar Ethanol MN Corn 52
Otter Creek Ethanol IA Corn 55
Panda Energy TX Corn/milo 115
Patriot Renewable Fuels IL Corn 100
Pinal Energy AZ Corn 55
POET 1,17 440

Souix Falls, SD

Alexandria, IN Corn

Ashton, IA

Big Stone, SD Corn

Caro, MI Corn

Coon Rapids, IA Corn

Corning, IA Corn

Emmetsburg, IA Corn

Glenville, MN Corn

Gowrie, IA Corn

Groton, SD Corn

Hanlontown,IA Corn

Hudson, SD Corn

Jewell,IA Corn

Laddonia,MO Corn

Lake Crystal, MN Corn

Leipsic, OH Corn 65

Macon, MO Corn

Mitchell,SD Corn

Portland,IN Corn

Preston,MN Corn

Scotland,SD Corn
Red Trail Energy, LLC ND Corn 50
Redfield Energy, LLC SD Corn 50
Renew Energy WI Corn 130
Siouxland Ethanol NE Corn 50
Sioux River Ethanol, LLC SD Corn 50
Southwest Iowa Renewable IA Corn 110
Summit Ethanol OH Corn 60
Tate & Lyle Loudon, TN Corn 67 38

Ft. Dodge, IA Corn 105
The Andersons Albion, MI Corn 55
The Andersons Clymers, IN Corn 110
The Andersons Marathon OH Corn 110
US Bio 300 400

Albert City, IA Corn

Woodbury, MI Corn

Grinell, IA

Hankinson, ND Corn

US Bio Janesville, MN

US Bio Ord, NE

US BioPlatte Valley, NE

US Bio Dyersville, IA

US Bio Marion, SD (planned to open in early '08) 100
VeraSun Energy Corp

Aurora, SD Corn 120

Albion, NE Corn 110

Charles City, IA Corn 110

Ft Dodge, IA Corn 110

Hartley, IA Corn (planned open early '08) 110

Lindnen, IN Corn

Reynolds, IN Corn(construction to restart '08) 110

Welcome, MN Corn (planned to open early '08) 110

Bloomingburg, OH Corn
Voyager Ethanol IA Corn 52
White Energy TX Corn/Milo 100 Key:
* - Plant has not yet begun construction

Sources: individual companies, Renewable Fuels Association

(Reporting by Timothy Gardner)