North Dakota Ethanol Producers Association's purpose is to collectively promote and strengthen North Dakota's ethanol industry. The association is made of the representatives of the six ethanol plants in the state. The six North Dakota ethanol plants have the capacity to produce 550 million gallons of ethanol per year, which is 50% more than the production capacity a decade ago. Five of the six plants are located in a community with a population of less than 2,500 and contribute an average of 57 jobs and an average annual payroll of $6.4 million to the community. North Dakota ethanol plants use 160-180 million bushels of corn annually with more than 80 percent of the corn purchased from North Dakota farmers. Forty to 60 percent of the state’s total corn production annually is purchased by North Dakota ethanol plants. Each bushel of corn processed produces 3 gallons of ethanol, 15 pounds of livestock feed (dried distillers grains), 18 pounds of carbon dioxide and up to 1 pound of corn oil. Two of our plants, Red Trail Ethanol and Blue Flint Ethanol, are now conducting CO2 injection. The RTE ethanol plant emits an average of 180,000 metric tons of CO2 annually from the fermentation process during ethanol production. With CCS, RTE is capturing 100 percent of their CO2 emissions from the fermentation process and is injecting approximately 500 metric tons of CO2 per day. The CO2 is permanently stored underground more than a mile below the surface in the Broom Creek formation. The Blue Flint Ethanol plant produces more than 200,000 metric tons per year of CO2, as a byproduct of the fermentation process. Using CCS, Blue Flint is capturing 100 percent of their CO2 emissions from the fermentation process and is injecting approximately 600 metric tons of CO2 per day. The CO2 is permanently stored underground about 1 mile below the surface in the Broom Creek formation.

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