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&#8220;Registration Statement&#8221;) has been prepared and filed pursuant to and in
      accordance with the requirements of General Instruction E to Form S-8 for the
      purpose of effecting the registration under the 1933 Act of an additional
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      Statement on Form S-8 (the &#8220;Registration Statement&#8221;) is omitted from this filing
      in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities Act and
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      appearing in Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings, Inc.&#8217;s Annual Report (Form
      10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2006 (including schedule appearing
      therein), have been audited by Ernst &amp; Young LLP, independent registered
      public accounting firm, as set forth in their reports thereon included therein,
      and incorporated herein by reference. Such financial statements are, and audited
      financial statements to be included in subsequently filed documents will be,
      incorporated herein upon the reports of Ernst &amp; Young LLP pertaining to such
      financial statements (to the extent covered by consents filed with the
      Securities and Exchange Commission) given on the authority of such firm as
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      to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Company certifies that it has
      reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing
      this Registration Statement and has duly caused this Registration Statement
      to
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      City of Pekin, State of Illinois, on the 3rd day of August, 2007.</font></div>
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      constitutes and appoints Lynn K. Landman and William J. Brennan and each of
      them
      as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
      substitution and resubstitution, to do any and all acts and things and execute,
      in the name of the undersigned, any and all instruments which said
      attorneys-in-fact and agents may deem necessary or advisable in order to enable
      the Company to comply with the Securities Act and any requirements of the
      Commission in respect thereof, in connection with the filing with the Commission
      of this Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act, including
      specifically but without limitation, power and authority to sign the name of
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      undersigned to such Registration Statement, and any amendments to such
      Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments), and to file the
      same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith,
      with
      the Commission, to sign any and all applications, registration statements,
      notices or other documents necessary or advisable to comply with applicable
      state securities laws, and to file the same, together with other documents
      in
      connection therewith with the appropriate state securities authorities, granting
      unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do and
      to
      perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and
      about the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
      might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
      attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his or her substitute, may lawfully do or
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As
      filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 3,
      2007
Registration
        No. 333-_______
SECURITIES
      AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
      D.C.  20549
FORM
      S-8
REGISTRATION
      STATEMENT
UNDER
      THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
AVENTINE
      RENEWABLE ENERGY HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact
      Name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
05-0569368
(State
                or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
                or organization)
(I.R.S.
                Employer
Identification
                No.)
1300
                South 2nd Street
Pekin,
                IL 61555
(Address
                including zip code of Principal Executive Offices)
AVENTINE
                RENEWABLE ENERGY HOLDINGS, INC.
2003
                STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
(Amended
                and Restated as of April 16, 2007)
(Full
                  title of the plan)
Ronald
                H. Miller
President
                & Chief Executive Officer
Aventine
                Renewable Energy Holdings, Inc.
1300
                South 2nd Street
Pekin,
                IL 61555
(309)
                347-9200
(Name,
                address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for
                service)
Copy
                to:
Richard
                D. Truesdell, Jr., Esq.
Davis
                Polk & Wardwell
450
                Lexington Avenue
New
                York, New York 10017
212-450-4000
CALCULATION
              OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
                of Securities to be Registered
Amount
                to be
Registered
(1)
Proposed
                Maximum
Offering
                Price Per Share
Proposed
                Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
Amount
                of
Registration
                Fee
Common
                stock, par value $0.001 per share
1,700,000
$16.27
(2)
$27,659,000
(2)
$850.00
(1)
Plus
                an indeterminate number of additional shares which may be offered
                and
                issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends
                or
                similar transactions.
(2)
Estimated
                pursuant to Rules 457(h) and 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933,
                as
                amended (the "Securities Act"), solely for the purpose of computing the
                registration fee, based on the average of the high and low prices
                of the
                securities being registered hereby under the Aventine Renewable Energy
                Holdings, Inc. 2003 Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan") on the New York
                Stock Exchange on August 1, 2007.
EXPLANATORY
      NOTE
The
      Registration Statement filed on September 6, 2006 (Registration No. 033-137142)
      (the "Prior Registration Statement") to register under the 1933 Act, 4,270,807
      shares of Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings, Inc. common stock, par value
      $0.001 per share (the "Common Stock") is incorporated herein by
      reference.  This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this
"Registration Statement") has been prepared and filed pursuant to and in
      accordance with the requirements of General Instruction E to Form S-8 for the
      purpose of effecting the registration under the 1933 Act of an additional
      1,700,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon awards granted, or to be granted,
      under the Plan at any time or from time to time.
PART
      I
INFORMATION
      REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The
      information specified in Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of the Registration
      Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") is omitted from this filing
      in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities Act and
      the
      introductory note to Part I of the Registration Statement.  The
      documents containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered
      to
      the participants in the Plan as required by Rule 428(b)(1).
PART
      II
INFORMATION
      REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM
      8.  EXHIBITS
23.1
Consent
                of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2
Consent
                of Davis Polk & Wardwell (included in Exhibit 5).
24
Powers
                of attorney (included on the signature pages hereof).
99
Aventine
                Renewable Energy Holdings, Inc. 2003 Stock Incentive Plan (Amended
                and
                Restated as of April 16, 2007) (incorporated herein by reference
                to
                Exhibit 10.1 to the Form 8-K filed on April 16, 2007 (Commission
                Exchange
                Act File No. 001-32922)).*
______________________________
*Incorporated
      by reference.
EXPERTS
The
      consolidated financial statements of Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings, Inc.
      appearing in Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings, Inc.'s Annual Report (Form
      10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2006 (including schedule appearing
      therein), have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered
      public accounting firm, as set forth in their reports thereon included therein,
      and incorporated herein by reference. Such financial statements are, and audited
      financial statements to be included in subsequently filed documents will be,
      incorporated herein upon the reports of Ernst & Young LLP pertaining to such
      financial statements (to the extent covered by consents filed with the
      Securities and Exchange Commission) given on the authority of such firm as
      experts in accounting and auditing.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
      to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Company certifies that it has
      reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing
      this Registration Statement and has duly caused this Registration Statement
      to
      be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
      City of Pekin, State of Illinois, on the 3rd day of August, 2007.
Aventine
                Renewable Energy Holdings, Inc.
By:
/s/
                Ronald H. Miller
Name:
Ronald
                H. Miller
Title:
President
                and Chief Executive Officer
KNOW
      ALL
      MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below,
      constitutes and appoints Lynn K. Landman and William J. Brennan and each of
      them
      as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
      substitution and resubstitution, to do any and all acts and things and execute,
      in the name of the undersigned, any and all instruments which said
      attorneys-in-fact and agents may deem necessary or advisable in order to enable
      the Company to comply with the Securities Act and any requirements of the
      Commission in respect thereof, in connection with the filing with the Commission
      of this Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act, including
      specifically but without limitation, power and authority to sign the name of
      the
      undersigned to such Registration Statement, and any amendments to such
      Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments), and to file the
      same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith,
      with
      the Commission, to sign any and all applications, registration statements,
      notices or other documents necessary or advisable to comply with applicable
      state securities laws, and to file the same, together with other documents
      in
      connection therewith with the appropriate state securities authorities, granting
      unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do and
      to
      perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and
      about the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
      might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
      attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his or her substitute, may lawfully do or
      cause
      to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant
      to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has
      been
      signed below by the following persons in the capacities on August 3,
      2007.
Signature
Title
/s/
                Ronald H. Miller
President,
                Chief Executive Officer and Director
Ronald
                H. Miller
/s/
                Ajay Sabherwal
Chief
                Financial Officer
Ajay
                Sabherwal
/s/
                William J. Brennan
Chief
                Accounting and Compliance Officer
William
                J. Brennan
/s/
                Leigh Abramson
Director
Leigh
                Abramson
/s/
                Richard A. Derbes
Director
Richard
                A. Derbes
/s/
                Farokh Hakimi
Director
Farokh
                Hakimi
/s/
                Michael C. Hoffman
Director
Michael
                C. Hoffman
/s/
                Wayne D. Kuhn
Director
Wayne
                D. Kuhn
/s/
                Bobby L. Latham
Director
Bobby
                L. Latham
Director
Arnold
                M. Nemirow
EXHIBIT
      INDEX
5
Opinion
                of Davis Polk & Wardwell.
23.1
Consent
                of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2
Consent
                of Davis Polk & Wardwell (included in Exhibit 5).
24
Powers
                of attorney (including on the signature pages hereof).
99
Aventine
                Renewable Energy Holdings, Inc. 2003 Stock Incentive Plan (Amended
                and
                Restated as of April 16, 2007) (incorporated herein by reference
                to
                Exhibit 10.1 to the Form 8-K filed on April 16, 2007 (Commission
                Exchange
                Act File No. 001-32922)).*
_______________________
*Incorporated
      by reference.