KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 31, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Kansas City-based Alternative Energy Sources Inc. (OTCBB:AENS) today announced that the nine-member Boone County (Iowa) Zoning Commission voted unanimously Tuesday night to recommend approval of the company's request for rezoning 625 acres for agricultural business use. AENS plans to build its proposed 110-million-gallon ethanol plant on the site near Ogden, Iowa.
The approved motion is being forwarded to the county commissioners, who will vote on the recommendation in three weeks.
"The commission's action shows that we have the full support of the local officials and that we are moving ahead with our plans right on schedule," said J.B. Voss, AENS's vice president of business development, who attended the meeting. He is a 17-year veteran of Archer Daniels Midland, the nation's No. 1 ethanol producer.
AENS plans to start construction on the plant by late spring and have it in operation by fall 2008. Since mid-August AENS has also announced plans to build ethanol plants in Kankakee, Ill., and Greenville, Ill.
AENS is developing "greenfield" sites, including constructing, owning and operating fuel-grade ethanol plants. For information: www.aensi.com.
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