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U.S. Biodiesel Plant Production Capacity

Release Date:  August 8, 2022   |   Next Release Date: August 2023

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The U.S. Biodiesel Plant Production Capacity report contains data for U.S. biodiesel plants, as of January 1, 2022.

Detailed annual production capacity by plant is available in XLS format.

U.S. Biodiesel Plant Production Capacity as of January 1, 2022
PAD District Number of Plants Production Capacity
(MMgal/year) (Mb/d)
PADD 1 14 157 10
PADD 2 37 1,444 94
PADD 3 12 455 30
PADD 4 0 0 0
PADD 5 9 199 13
U.S. Total 72 2,255 147

Biodiesel Production Capacity is intended to measure estimated gallons of biodiesel 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)
Alabama 1 20
Alaska 1 0
Arizona 1 2
Arkansas 3 115
California 4 72
Connecticut 1 35
Georgia 2 22
Hawaii 1 6
Illinois 4 192
Indiana 3 107
Iowa 11 470
Kansas 1 90
Kentucky 2 56
Maine 1 1
Massachusetts 1 1
Michigan 2 15
Minnesota 3 85
Mississippi 2 29
Missouri 6 238
New Hampshire 1 8
North Carolina 1 2
North Dakota 1 85
Oklahoma 1 38
Oregon 1 12
Pennsylvania 2 64
Rhode Island 1 8
South Carolina 1 5
Tennessee 1 36
Texas 6 291
Virginia 3 11
Washington 1 107
Wisconsin 2 33