KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 2, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Kansas City-based Alternative Energy Sources Inc. (OTCBB:AENS) today announced that the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency on June 29 approved an operational air permit for the company's proposed 110-million-gallon ethanol plant in Kankakee.
"This major milestone in moving forward our construction plans results from tremendous collaboration among the mayor's office and city and county officials, plus outstanding assistance from state senators and representatives," said AENS's CEO Mark Beemer.
Six months ago the Kankakee County Board approved an $850,000 grant for Kankakee Regional Industrial Park road improvements. The Illinois Finance Authority has also issued an inducement letter for $47 million in tax-exempt, solid-waste bonds to finance pollution-control facilities and equipment.
Earlier in June AENS received an air permit for its proposed 110-million-gallon plant in Ogden, Iowa.
AENS (www.aensi.com) is developing "greenfield" sites, including constructing, owning and operating fuel-grade ethanol plants.
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