Red River Energy plant restarts production

Secure energy margins have led to Red River Energy's South Dakota plant coming back online.

The 25 million gallon facility has been idle since early 2013.

'The margins are good in ethanol, corn is abundant at this point with a record crop coming in. We're optimistic about our future here. We have to get up and operating at full capacity, but we see good margins being a success for the investors and the community,' says general manager Rick Serie.

Management is confident that the plant will go beyond full capacity and will expand to up to 40 million gallons. The facility will also increase its onsite storage capacity for ethanol and distiller's grains and install corn oil extraction technology.