2009

June

GreenField Ethanol Johnstown plant to receive new funding from Government of Canada

April

GreenField Ethanol one of 16 projects to receive funding from Sustainable Development Technology Canada

GreenField Ethanol Chatham plant to receive new funding from Government of Canada

GreenField Ethanol Tiverton plant to receive new funding from Government of Canada

2008

June

Edmonton to be site of world’s first industrial scale municipal waste-to-ethanol facility

GreenField Ethanol building world’s first industrial scale municipal waste-to-ethanol facility

GreenField Ethanol Chatham plant to host full-scale demonstration of Vaperma energy-saving refining technology

Donald Pierce named President of GreenField Ethanol’s Advanced Biofuels Group

May

GreenField Ethanol applauds passage of federal biofuels bill

GreenField Ethanol and Enerkem announce plans to make cellulosic ethanol a commercial reality

March

Frank Dottori to run GreenField Ethanol's Cellulosic Ethanol division

2007

December

GreenField Ethanol welcomes the new federal biofuels bill

November

GreenField Ethanol leading the fight against climate change

September

Launch of "Gro-Ethanol Program" offers Ontario farmers new market for corn

August

GreenField Ethanol Varennes plant on target after flawless start-up

June

GreenField Ethanol Chatham plant to install odour-eliminating thermal oxidizer

GreenField Ethanol announces successful demonstration of new energy-saving membrane technology

GreenField Ethanol innaugurates the first ethanol plant in Quebec

GreenField Ethanol Chatham plant receives 100,00th delivery of corn

May

GreenField Ethanol welcomes Ontario’s new fuel standard

April

Climate change power list

March

GreenField Ethanol opens first ethanol plant in Quebec

February

GreenField Ethanol named one of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies

January

GreenField awards SNC-Lavalin EPCM contract for Johnstown plant

GreenField Ethanol signs agreements with world class technology provider, ICM

2006

December

GreenField Ethanol lauds federal ethanol announcement and invites Seaway Co-op to join Johnstown plant

GreenField Ethanol launches its largest plant in Johnstown, Ontario

October

GreenField Ethanol breaks ground on its largest plant in Hensall

GreenField announces program for Ontario corn producers

GreenField Ethanol’s Ontario Buy Direct Program

Commercial Alcohols becomes GreenField Ethanol

June

Commercial Alcohols awarded provincial ethanol grants

Research and Innovation

For 20 years, GreenField has used new technology to increase ethanol yields and energy efficiency.

Commentary

For the first time since 9/11, a new issue has tied health care as the number one concern of Canadians, as revealed by a Gandalf group poll in July.

Cellulosic Ethanol

Canada’s ethanol pioneer: working to produce cellulosic ethanol from waste on a commercial scale.

Buy and Sell Grains

For over 20 years, GreenField has been buying corn from local producers and returning a third of it to farmers as distillers’ grains, a valued form of livestock feed.

Quick Facts

Ethanol gasoline blends were used in parts of the US prior to WWII.