POET-DSM Advanced Biofuels is now hiring full-time, quality team members to operate its 20 million-gallon-per-year cellulosic ethanol plant, which is set to open in early 2014.

Project LIBERTY is a cellulosic biorefinery under construction today in Emmetsburg, Iowa that will use crop residue (corn cobs, leaves, husk, some stalk) to produce 20 million gallons of ethanol per year, later ramping up to 25 million gallons per year.

The plant is currently filling a number of positions, including:

- Environmental Health and Safety Specialist
- Plant Engineer
- Accountant
- Plant Technician

“This is a phenomenal opportunity to get involved in cellulosic ethanol production on the ground floor,” General Manager Daron Wilson said. “This industry is now the newest growth area for energy in the United States, and it’s happening right here in Emmetsburg, Iowa.”

For a full list of open positions, visit poetdsm.com/employment.

At full operation, Project LIBERTY will have a significant economic impact on the surrounding area. The bio-refinery will benefit the area by providing:

- Approximately 40 full-time jobs at the plant
- Another 65 jobs in the local community for feedstock supply, logistics, equipment support and more
- Jobs for as many as 200 construction workers, who currently are building the plant
- Nearly $4 million in direct, indirect and induced earnings annually once operational
- More than $1 million annual tax revenue for local taxing entities
- Approximately $20 million in biomass purchases annually for farmers in a 30-mile radius

Project LIBERTY, is under construction today. For more information and photos of construction progress, visit poetdsm.com.

About POET-DSM Advanced Biofuels, LLC

POET-DSM Advanced Biofuels, LLC, is a 50/50 joint venture between Royal DSM and POET, LLC. Based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the company is a cooperative effort of two innovators that provides a key to unlocking the opportunity of converting corn crop residue into cellulosic bio-ethanol. Built on the strengths of both companies, the joint venture has a critical mission: to make cellulosic bio-ethanol competitive with corn bio-ethanol, the most competitive renewable liquid transportation fuel on the US market today. Drawing on the deep expertise and experience of POET and DSM in different areas of converting cellulosic biomass into bio-ethanol, POET-DSM Advanced Biofuels will have its first commercial-scale plant co-located with POET Biorefining – Emmetsburg in Emmetsburg, Iowa. Based on this plant, the JV plans to globally license an integrated technology package for the conversion of corn crop residue to cellulosic bio-ethanol. More information: www.poetdsm.com.


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