Central Iowa Energy Update August 18, 2006

Greetings from Central Iowa Energy.

Recent pictures of the site.

Additional pictures of the FFA Tower being lifted and set into place.

Update 8/14 – 8/18
Contractors on Site    Number of Workers
Todd & Sargent  
    General		 13
Story Construction  
    Construction Company		 18
Yeager  
   Plumber		 2
Interstates Electric  
    Electricians 		8
Midwest Caulkers
    Caulkers 		2
M & W
    Contractors 		40
Continental
    Fire Sprinkler Installers 		2
Skinner Tank
    Tank Installers 		6
Total   91


Work done at the site includes:

  • Todd & Sargent
    • Set pump bases
    • Continued working on cooling towers
    • Set equipment in pre-treat area
    • Set tanks
    • Continued welding & painting handrails
    • Set heat exchangers
    • Weld grating supports
  • Story Construction
    • Support building columns
    • Installed gurts & prulins
    • Continued grating & sheeting in pre-treat area
    • Installed FFA Tower
  • M & W
    • Continued piping in Process Building & pipe racks
    • Began to layout holes for utility room
  • Interstate Electric
    • Wiring for tank farm
    • Wiring for load-out
    • Working on lights for process & stairway
  • Midwest Caulkers
    • Worked on process area
  • Continental
    • Work on third floor sprinkler system
  • Yeager
    • Utility room drains
  • Skinner
    • Continued welding fire pump tank
    • Began work on 52’ D tank


Some links of interest in the renewable fuels industry:

REG to Expand Biodiesel Production to 640 Million Gallons by 2009 and Co-Locate Several Facilities with Bunge (Grainnet)
http://www.grainnet.com/articles/REG_to_Expand_Biodiesel_Production,,,

REG, Inc. Press Release (REG)
http://www.renewable-energy-group.com/pdfs/Renewable... (PDF)

Cargill Halts Soy Deliveries to 3 Iowa Processing Plants (Soyatech)
http://www.soyatech.com/bluebook/news/...

Pacific Ethanol, Inc. Announces Second Quarter Results and Provides New Details on Ethanol Production Projects (MSN Money)
http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/...

Grain Transportation Report (USDA)
http://www.ams.usda.gov/tmdtsb/grain/2006/08-17-06.pdf (PDF)

DuPont to Increase Speed to Market for New Seed Technology (PRNews)
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl...
 

I will get back to the regular schedule of sending out updates on Friday afternoons.

Tobin Bush
Project Coordinator

Central Iowa Energy, LLC
3426 East 28th St N
Newton, IA 50208
Phone: 641-791-1010
cie@iowatelecom.net


This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, these securities. This offering is open only to residents of Iowa. An offer is made by the prospectus only, a copy of which may be obtained from Central Iowa Energy, LLC.