Elk River Station, a waste-to-energy power plant owned by Great River Energy, has received ISO (International Organization for Standardization) 14001 certification of its environmental management system (EMS).

Great River Energy recently extended a contract with The Falkirk Mining Company (a wholly-owned subsidiary of The North American Coal Corporation) to provide all of Coal Creek Station's lignite coal requirements through 2045.

Headwaters Incorporated (NYSE:HW) and Great River Energy, an energy provider headquartered in Elk River, Minnesota, announced today the start-up of Blue Flint Ethanol LLC in Underwood, ND.

Headwaters Incorporated and Great River Energy today announced that John Baird of Headwaters Energy Services Corp. and John Weeda of Great River Energy will serve as a two-person executive committee that will govern all activities for Blue Flint Ethanol, LLC.

With North Dakota's first ethanol plant in two decades finally under construction, yet another is still on the horizon.