Mulberry Ethanol Facility - Bartow, Florida

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AKA

M.E.L.P.

The Mulberry Ethanol Facility was built by Polk Power Partners in 1994. Designed as a Thermal Host for the Mulberry Cogeneration Facility. This is the first "zero discharge"  Ethanol Plant. It was to produce 6.5 million gallons of fuel grade ethanol per year from grain. Built at a cost of over 40 million dollars, the plant has never operated as designed.

Click here for some shots of the plant during construction.

Hard at Work!

The late Dr. Lewis Justin

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Bob Asher (front) and William Smith (the fat one)

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Dante Gaudio

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Paul Swartz 1

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Paul Swartz 2

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Click here for some shots of the plant during construction.