Siemens to supply power distribution equipment for ethanol plant

Siemens Energy & Automation, Alpharetta, Ga., recently signed a deal with general contractor Lurgi PSI, Memphis, Tenn., to supply a range of power distribution equipment for a new ethanol plant to be built for Adkins Energy LLC, near the town of Lena, Ill.

The company will supply about $300,000 in electrical apparatus to the 40 million gallons corn-to-ethanol plant, consisting of low- and medium-voltage motor control centers, panelboards, switchboards, capacitors, and transformers.