Community Events
IRE's 1st Annual Golf Outing August 31st 2010
IRE’s 1st Annual Golf Outing to be held August 31st at the River Heights Golf Course in Dekalb, IL. Hopefully, this will be an annual event in appreciation for all of IRE’s employees and our strategic business partners. Part of the golfing event will be to raise money for local charities around the Illinois River Energy Biorefinery located in Rochelle, IL. We look forward to a fun fill event.
Plummer for Lt. Governor visits Illinois River Energy August 24th 2010
Illinois River Energy was honored to welcome Jason Plummer, the Republican candidate for Lt. Governor, to tour our facility and discuss future growth.
Lincoln Highway Heritage Festival 2010 August 22nd 2010
DeKalb County Farm Bureau (click for article) August 10th 2010
Sauk Valley Newspaper Article "Manager's goal: Keep farmers, truckers happy" (click for article) July 6th 2010
US Congressman Bill Foster Visits Illinois River Energy (click for pictures) July 6th 2010
US Congressman Bill Foster recently visited the Illinois River Energy (IRE) Biorefinery Ethanol facility located in Rochelle, IL on July 6, 2010. Congressman Foster toured the IRE facility and also met with the Illinois Corn Marketing Board team who was also hosted at IRE the same day. IRE welcomes the opportunity for members of our congress, such as Congressman Foster, to visit with our team and learn more about America’s true Green Fuel and how Illinois and IRE work to create Green Jobs and Energy Independence.
Ethanol, the economically renewable energy is faced with several challenges in becoming a greater portion of America’s energy needs. The “Blend Wall” is a barrier that the EPA needs to act quickly to move higher the usage of our home grown ethanol from its current limitation of 10% blend to a minimum of 15% ethanol blended in gasoline. The US farmer/grower continues to produce more renewable raw material feed, while using less energy and lower inputs on less acres each year. Ethanol produced from renewable feed corn is our first step in ultimately creating America’s total energy needs from renewable resources.
IRE thanks US Congressman Bill Foster for his time visiting our Team and seeing firsthand how the frontier of renewable energy is being economically produced.
Ethanol Industry Uses Gulf Disaster To Press Feds For More Support (click for article) June 28th 2010
Dekalb County Farm Bureau (click for pictures) June 16th 2010
Illinois River Energy hosted a group of 25 educators on June 16th from the DeKalb County Farm Bureau’s Summer Ag Institute. Their graduate-level course, “Teaching about Agriculture and Sustainability” enables these teachers to introduce their students (K-12) to the importance of agriculture in our economy, our society and in our everyday lives. The IRE team consisting of Dale Jackson, Joe Bailey, Adam Kennay and Stephanie Brainard educated this group of teachers on topics including ethanol production, the ethanol industry and how it began, current legislative issues affecting ethanol followed by a question and answer session and finally a tour of the facility.
