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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (11578)	12/15/2010 12:24:53 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) of 24213

Wind to Fertilizer Construction Begins June 15, 2010 The Associated Press must be the only press release recipient for some major news. (hot link) The University of Minnesota Renewable Energy Center at Morris Minnesota has designed a $3.75 million carbon-free system that uses wind power from a towering turbine to produce anhydrous ammonia, NH3, a the most common and widely used nitrogen fertilizer and a component of most other nitrogen fertilizers. Construction started on the Morris plant the week of June 7, 2010, and it should produce fertilizer by the end of the year. The NH3 plant will use the surplus energy generated onsite by a 1.65-megawatt wind turbine that already helps power the nearby campus. The U.S. is the largest importer of fertilizer in the world, with more than half its NH3 coming from overseas. The country imported about $1.4 billion worth of NH3 in 2009, or 6.1 million U.S. tons, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture newenergyandfuel.com

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