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U.S. Fuel Ethanol Plant Production Capacity

Release Date:  August 15, 2024   |   Next Release Date: August 2025

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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, 2024.

Detailed annual production capacity by plant is available in XLSX.

U.S. Fuel Ethanol Plant Production Capacity as of January 1, 2024
PAD District Number of Plants Production Capacity
(MMgal/year) (Mb/d)
PADD 1 2 190 12
PADD 2 173 16,996 1,109
PADD 3 4 430 28
PADD 4 4 226 15
PADD 5 4 168 11
U.S. Total 187 18,010 1,175

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.

Data source: Form EIA-819, Monthly Biofuels, Fuel Oxygenates, Isooctane, and Isooctene Report.
State Plants Annual capacity
(million gallons per year)
California 3 128
Colorado 3 166
Idaho 1 60
Illinois 13 1867
Indiana 14 1375
Iowa 41 4898
Kansas 11 561
Kentucky 2 55
Michigan 4 346
Minnesota 18 1443
Missouri 6 332
Nebraska 24 2399
New York 1 62
North Dakota 5 543
Ohio 7 765
Oregon 1 40
Pennsylvania 1 128
South Dakota 16 1487
Tennessee 3 249
Texas 4 430
Wisconsin 9 678