Green Plains Inc. - FORM 10-K - EX-23.1 - CONSENT OF KPMG LLP - March 4, 2011

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10-K - FORM 10-K - Green Plains Inc.d10k.htm
EX-21.1 - SCHEDULE OF SUBSIDIARIES - Green Plains Inc.dex211.htm
EX-31.1 - CERTIFICATION OF CEO PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-14(A) AND SECTION 302 - Green Plains Inc.dex311.htm
EX-23.2 - CONSENT OF L.L. BRADFORD & COMPANY, LLC - Green Plains Inc.dex232.htm
EX-10.9(K) - FIFTH AMENDMENT TO MASTER LOAN AGREEMENT - Green Plains Inc.dex109k.htm
EX-10.38 - EMPLOYMENT OFFER LETTER TO JEFFREY BRIGGS - Green Plains Inc.dex1038.htm
EX-10.36(C) - THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT - Green Plains Inc.dex1036c.htm
EX-10.23(F) - FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT BY AND AMONG GREEN PLAINS CENTRAL CITY LLC - Green Plains Inc.dex1023f.htm
EX-32.1 - CERTIFICATION OF CEO PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 - Green Plains Inc.dex321.htm
EX-31.2 - CERTIFICATION OF CFO PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-14(A) AND SECTION 302 - Green Plains Inc.dex312.htm
EX-32.2 - CERTIFICATION OF CFO PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 - Green Plains Inc.dex322.htm

Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors and Stockholders

Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement (File No. 333-163203) on Form S-3, and registration statements (File Nos. 333-143147, 333,154280, and 333-159049) on Form S-8 of Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. and subsidiaries (the Company) of our reports dated March 4, 2011, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and comprehensive income (loss), and cash flows for the years then ended, and the related financial statement schedule, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2010, which reports appear in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2010.

Our report dated March 4, 2011, on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2010 contains an explanatory paragraph that states the Company acquired Global Ethanol LLC (Global) on October 22, 2010, and management excluded from its assessment of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2010, Global’s internal control over financial reporting associated with 13.3% of the Company’s total assets and 3.8% of the Company’s consolidated total revenue included in the financial statements of the Company as of and for the year ended December 31, 2010. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting of the Company also excluded an evaluation of the internal control over financial reporting of Global.

/s/ KPMG

Omaha, Nebraska

March 4, 2011

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