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U.S. Fuel Ethanol Plant Production Capacity

Release Date:  August 7, 2023   |   Next Release Date: August 2024

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The U.S. Fuel Ethanol Plant Production Capacity report contains data for U.S. fuel ethanol plants, as of January 1, 2023.

Detailed annual production capacity by plant is available in XLSX.

U.S. Fuel Ethanol Plant Production Capacity as of January 1, 2023
PAD District Number of Plants Production Capacity
(MMgal/year) (Mb/d)
PADD 1 3 247 16
PADD 2 173 16,648 1,086
PADD 3 3 380 25
PADD 4 4 220 14
PADD 5 4 168 11
U.S. Total 187 17,663 1,152

Fuel Ethanol Production Capacity is intended to measure estimated gallons of fuel alcohol that a plant is capable of producing over a period of one year (365 consecutive days) starting on the first day of each report month.

Note:  Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.

Source: Form EIA-819, Monthly Report of Biofuels, Fuels from Non-Biogenic Wastes, Fuel Oxygenates, Isooctane, and Isooctene.
State Plants Annual capacity
(million gallons per year)
California 3 128
Colorado 3 160
Idaho 1 60
Illinois 13 1848
Indiana 14 1318
Iowa 41 4830
Kansas 12 630
Kentucky 2 53
Michigan 4 345
Minnesota 18 1418
Missouri 6 332
Nebraska 24 2345
New York 1 62
North Carolina 1 57
North Dakota 5 531
Ohio 7 757
Oregon 1 40
Pennsylvania 1 128
South Dakota 16 1448
Tennessee 3 239
Texas 3 380
Wisconsin 8 556