SOURCE: Green Plains Renewable Energy

 

OMAHA, NE--(Marketwire - October 28, 2009) - Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: GPRE) today announced that Todd Becker, President and Chief Executive Officer will present at Imperial Capital's 3rd Annual Global Opportunities Conference in New York City on November 5, 2009 at the New York Palace Hotel.

Green Plains' presentation will take place at 8:35 a.m. eastern time on November 5th. The presentation is available via webcast. Interested investors should copy the following link into their web browser to access the live broadcast of the presentation or can follow a link from the Company's website at www.gpreinc.com. Please allow time to register for the event after you have navigated to the webcast link. Parties interested in listening to a replay of the presentation can use the same link as the live webcast. http://www.wsw.com/webcast/imperial2/gpre/.

About Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc.

Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: GPRE) is North America's fourth largest ethanol producer, operating six ethanol plants in Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska and Tennessee with a combined expected operating capacity of 480 million gallons of ethanol per year. Green Plains also operates an independent third-party ethanol marketing service that currently provides marketing services to its affiliated plants as well as four third-party ethanol producers with expected operating capacity of 360 million gallons per year. Green Plains owns 51% of Blendstar, LLC, a Houston-based biofuel terminal operator with six facilities in five states. Green Plains' agribusiness segment operates grain storage facilities and complementary agronomy, feed, and fuel businesses in northern Iowa and southern Minnesota.

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