Dakota Ethanol hits 1 billion gallon mark
US-based Dakota Ethanol has surpassed the one billion gallon mark of ethanol production.
The biofuels company began production in September 2001 and its 90 million-gallon-per-year facility in Wentworth, South Dakota, has reached the special landmark.
“I’m proud of how Dakota Ethanol has been able to utilise and monetise its lower-than-average carbon intensity (CI) through plant efficiencies,” said Ron Alverson, a Dakota Ethanol board member and former president of the American Coalition for Ethanol.
“There’s more opportunities ahead for the plant to further reduce its CI, including proving our area growers produce corn more efficiently than the default CI the marketplace currently assigns to raising a bushel of corn.”
He added: “I have no doubt many producers can achieve zero carbon ethanol in the future if properly accredited for their contributions to decreasing lifecycle greenhouse gases.”
Dakota Ethanol produces 90 million gallons of ethanol from 30 million bushels of locally grown corn each year.
The plant employs 45 full-time individuals, many who have been with the company since its inception.
The expansion to running at a 90-million-gallon rate has allowed for improved operational efficiencies, which have been important in improving the plant’s CI score.
The biofuels company began production in September 2001 and its 90 million-gallon-per-year facility in Wentworth, South Dakota, has reached the special landmark.
“I’m proud of how Dakota Ethanol has been able to utilise and monetise its lower-than-average carbon intensity (CI) through plant efficiencies,” said Ron Alverson, a Dakota Ethanol board member and former president of the American Coalition for Ethanol.
“There’s more opportunities ahead for the plant to further reduce its CI, including proving our area growers produce corn more efficiently than the default CI the marketplace currently assigns to raising a bushel of corn.”
He added: “I have no doubt many producers can achieve zero carbon ethanol in the future if properly accredited for their contributions to decreasing lifecycle greenhouse gases.”
Dakota Ethanol produces 90 million gallons of ethanol from 30 million bushels of locally grown corn each year.
The plant employs 45 full-time individuals, many who have been with the company since its inception.
The expansion to running at a 90-million-gallon rate has allowed for improved operational efficiencies, which have been important in improving the plant’s CI score.
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