700 tons per day of corn stover, wheat straw, milo stubble, switchgrass, "and other feedstocks" from within a 50 mile radius of the plant (7 counties) The plants will produce enough energy to power the facility, with any excess being used to power the adjacent corn dry grind mill. The plants, also collocated with a grain-based ethanol facility, will test a fractionation process for breaking down biomass into ethanol 2,500 tons of biomass per day = 130 Truckloads Teaming up with Mid-Kansas Electric LLC original cost estimate was 400 million $76 million from the U.S. DOE project construction is slated to commence in late 2010; completion is targeted for 2012