North Prairie Productions Chooses Evansville as Site for Biodiesel Production Plant

EVANSVILLE, WI – August 17, 2006 – North Prairie Productions, LLC (NPP) today announced its intention to purchase approximately 15 acres of land from Landmark Services Cooperative on the east side of Evansville for the purpose of locating a biodiesel production facility.

“After careful study and evaluation, the board of directors of North Prairie Productions has concluded that the Evansville location provides an ideal site for the commercial production of biodiesel,” says Jeff Pieterick, NPP vice president. “For this reason, we’ve decided to focus our efforts on Evansville as a home for our enterprise, and we are actively moving forward to make it happen.”

Pieterick cites geographic location as the feature that first attracted NPP to Evansville. The Wisconsin-based company had previously announced its intention to build a 45-million-gallon per year biodiesel plant in southern Wisconsin. Upon further study of the Evansville option, Pieterick states that the NPP board was particularly impressed with the site’s “existing rail loading facility, good road infrastructure, market accessibility, availability of utilities and outstanding local leadership.

“In our attempt to locate our biodiesel project,” he explains “every effort was made to identify not only a good fit for NPP, but a site that presented opportunity to establish this biodiesel plant where it would be a good fit for the community. We closely examined Evansville’s Smart Growth Plan, and after numerous informal discussions with many Evansville residents, city and community leaders we believe this is an outstanding environment in which to locate.”

In these discussions, Pieterick took particular note of the Evansville community effort to introduce to the design of their high school geo-thermal heating and cooling, along with a small wind turbine. This project contributed to a subsequent initiative that remains ongoing to brand Evansville as a model for its pursuit of applied renewable energy systems. According to Pieterick, “We hope to contribute to this community’s focus upon renewable energy by creating jobs and opportunities here in the renewable fuels industry. Our interest from the start has always been focused upon being an active member of whatever community we chose to call ‘home.’ Evansville has simply come to the fore as a near perfect fit.”

North Prairie Productions, LLC plans to have its biodiesel plant operational by late 2007. This facility would convert up to 45 million gallons of soybean oil per year into similar quantities of high quality biodiesel (B100), employing well-established technologies to manufacture biodiesel that meets strict industry standards.

“The level of community support in Evansville has been truly remarkable, and we look forward to further developing relationships as we become active members of the area’s business community,” Pieterick says. “We have started a dialogue with area business leaders which we intend to continue and expand to include the entire community as our project unfolds in the coming weeks.”

On August 23, North Prairie and Landmark Services Cooperative will host a community open house at the Evansville High School from 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., to introduce the proposed biodiesel project. The open house will provide an opportunity for local residents to learn more about the project and to meet members involved with the project.

“We look forward to sharing our excitement and more information with local residents as we work to establish Evansville at the center of Wisconsin’s renewable biofuels industry. Biodiesel production represents a step forward in the state’s effort to promote energy independence, and this NPP/Evansville initiative will greatly enhance the effort,” said Pieterick.

Biodiesel is a domestically produced, renewable fuel made from animal fats and vegetable oils, such as soybeans. Biodiesel is safe for compression-ignition, diesel engines without modification. As a pure fuel, biodiesel contains no petroleum but it is typically blended with petroleum diesel to create biodiesel blends from five percent (B5) to 20 percent (B20). Biodiesel significantly improves the lubricity of petroleum diesel fuel at levels as low as 2 percent (B2) and therefore is a preferred addition to petroleum-based, ultra-low sulfur fuels.

North Prairie Productions, LLC, is based in Waterloo, Wisconsin, with intentions of building a large-scale, commercial biodiesel plant in the south-central part of the state. Additional company information and background on biodiesel is available on the company website at www.npnrg.com or by calling toll-free at 877-299-2435.

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