
Renewable Energy Group is a biodiesel production company headquartered in Ames, Iowa. The company operates 12 biorefineries and a feedstock processing facility. As of 2018 , the company is a Fortune 1000 corporation. . Renewable Energy Group began in 1996 as the biodiesel division of West Central Cooperative with the construction of a plant in . In 2006, the company separated from. . • . In June 2001, the predecessor company's InterWest facility in Ralston exploded, leaving one man in critical condition.The company's biofuels production facility in

Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P. is a publicly traded that owns and operates assets, with corporate headquarters in , , Canada. It is 60% owned by . As of the end of 2017, Brookfield Renewable owned over 200 hydroelectric plants, 100 wind farms, over 550 solar facilities, and four storage facilities, wit.