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U.S. Biodiesel Plant Production Capacity

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

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The U.S. Biodiesel Plant Production Capacity contains data for U.S. biodiesel plants, as of January 1, 2023.

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

U.S. Biodiesel Plant Production Capacity as of January 1, 2023
PAD District Number of Plants Production Capacity
(MMgal/year) (Mb/d)
PADD 1 10 123 8
PADD 2 33 1,461 95
PADD 3 9 298 19
PADD 4 0 0 0
PADD 5 7 205 13
U.S. Total 59 2,086 136

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
Arkansas 2 75
California 4 80
Connecticut 1 35
Georgia 1 2
Hawaii 1 6
Illinois 4 192
Indiana 2 102
Iowa 11 483
Kansas 1 91
Kentucky 1 56
Maine 1 0.6
Massachusetts 1 1
Michigan 2 16
Minnesota 3 85
Mississippi 2 29
Missouri 5 247
New Hampshire 1 8
North Carolina 1 2
North Dakota 1 85
Oklahoma 1 40
Oregon 1 12
Pennsylvania 2 64
South Carolina 1 5
Tennessee 1 36
Texas 4 174
Virginia 1 5
Washington 1 107
Wisconsin 1 28