HOMELAND ENERGY SOLUTIONS, LLC NEW HAMPTON PROJECT ? PROJECT DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE SCOPE OF WORK

Exhibit 10.13

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HOMELAND ENERGY SOLUTIONS, LLC
NEW HAMPTON PROJECT — PROJECT DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
SCOPE OF WORK

The scope of work described herein is to support Homeland Energy Solutions, LLC (HES) in project development activities for a single 100 Million gallon ethanol and co-product development facility using a coal gasification facility as the source of energy. The plant is located near New Hampton, Iowa. Burns & McDonnell (B&Mc) will serve as HES contact for this effort and will utilize professionals from Hill & Associates (H&A) and Econo-Power International Corporation (EPIC) in supporting the completion of this effort. The term “Project Team” used in this document shall refer to selected personnel from B&Mc, EPIC, and H&A.

Listed below are tasks pertaining to scope of work for this project. Not discussed below are scheduled meetings with the Project Team and HES personnel. These meetings will take place about ever four (4) weeks in Mason City or New Hampton and will discuss status, open issues, etc.

2.1 Task 1 — Trip to China

EPIC will set up the details of a trip to China to visit facilities currently operating coal-burning gasifiers. Visits to at least two facilities will be arranged for as many finance and project personnel as needed. The purpose of this trip will be to verify the operating record, performance, costs, etc. of coal-burning gasification facilities identical or very similar to that proposed for the HES New Hampton project.

2.2 Task 2 — Development of Front End Loaded (FEL II) Detailed Cost and Preliminary Design Engineering

B&Mc will perform design and FEL II level cost estimates (when applicable) for the Balance of Plant (BOP) items outside the gasifier. Deliverables will include the following:

	•		Overall Site Plan
	•		Coal Handling System
	•		Rail Loop / Spur
	•		Preliminary Balance of Plant Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams including: Cooling Water System, Plant Air System, Steam System, Fire Protection System, Sulfur Loadout, Water Treatment, Natural Gas Interconnection
	•		One Line Diagrams for BOP Systems
	•		Preliminary Building Layouts

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EPIC will perform design and FEL level cost estimates (when applicable) for the gasifiers.
Deliverables will include the following:

	•		Process Flow Diagram
	•		Design Basis Description
	•		Material Balances (design case and guarantee case)
	•		Piping and Instrumental Diagrams
	•		Electrical Single Line Diagrams
	•		General Arrangement Drawings
	•		Equipment Data Sheets
	•		Equipment List
	•		FEL II level Estimates or Gasifier Engineering, Equipment, and Materials and Construction
	•		Gasifier General Arrangements
	•		Operating Data
	•		Bar Chart Construction Schedule

2.3 Task 3 — Refinement of Coal Supply and Transportation Options

This effort work will include identifying and meeting with coal suppliers, railroads, barge companies, and coal terminal operators to work out a potential coal supply chain and coal source or sources. Third party coal suppliers may be identified and contacted as well in order to obtain the most economic supply chain. One or two of the nearby utility plants identified in the original study will be contacted to ascertain their ability to supply coal.

Determining the best coal supply to the New Hampton plant will be an iterative process that will require diligence and working through all of the potential steps. Some of these will be dead ends while some will provide potential and after the pursuit of the options with potential, a best choice or combination of choices that provides the best economics can be arrived at.

Initial work will be via phone and e-mail; however, meetings with potential prospects will be required in some cases.

Coal Supply — H&A will identify the potential coal sources in the Wyoming Powder River Basin that can most economically supply the HES New Hampton Plant. The coal suppliers