OMAHA, NE -- (Marketwire) -- 10/01/09 -- Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: GPRE) announces that its subsidiary, Green Plains Trade Group LLC, has entered into an agreement to provide third-party ethanol marketing services to Lincolnway Energy, LLC of Nevada, Iowa. With the addition of Lincolnway, Green Plains now provides ethanol marketing services to four third-party producers with expected operating capacity of 360 million gallons per year. The Lincolnway Energy facility, which has been operational since May 2006, has an expected production capacity of approximately 55 million gallons of ethanol per year.

"The addition of Lincolnway Energy as a customer adds scale, volume and critical mass to our third-party marketing and distribution platform," said Todd Becker, President and Chief Executive Officer. "Combined with our own production, we now market 840 million gallons annually, or approximately 8% of the U.S. supply of ethanol. Our distribution capability allows us to serve more customers in more markets, delivering ethanol when and where they want it."

About Lincolnway Energy, LLC

Lincolnway Energy was founded in 2004. The Company operates a dry mill fuel ethanol facility in Nevada, Iowa with an annual expected production capacity of 55 million gallons. The Company's mission is to produce clean renewable energy, maintain a safe and rewarding place to work and maximize shareholder value. The Company is owned by approximately 940 Iowa residents, over 40% of which reside in Polk and Story Counties.

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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