RICHARDTON, N.D. — Officials from Gevo Inc., a Colorado-based sustainable energy company, hosted a public meeting Monday in Richardton to update residents on their plans for the former Red Trail Energy plant.

During the meeting, attendees learned about Gevo’s plans to build a sustainable aviation fuel plant on-site, carbon intensity tracking through Gevo subsidiary Verity as well as the potential expansion of the existing bioethanol production plant.

“These public meetings are good,” Richardton Mayor Jesse Aman said to The Dickinson Press afterwards. “The more public meetings we have the more awareness for the project will spread and the more people’s questions will be answered.”

Gevo orginally planned to build a sustainable aviation plant in Lake Preston, South Dakota, even secur

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