Ethanol Plants
- Iowa is "First in the Nation" in ethanol production nationwide.
- Iowa has 29 ethanol plants in operation, producing approximately 1.98 billion gallons per year. Eight of those plants are currently expanding capacity. And 10 new ethanol plants are under construction.
- Iowa alone accounted for over 30 percent of the entire U.S. ethanol production.
- Iowa’s biofuels industries have added $8 billion dollars to Iowa’s economy, generated $2 billion dollars in new household income, and created and supported 50,000 Iowa jobs.
Ethanol Plants Currently in Production (as of April 4, 2007):
- Ashton - Otter Creek Ethanol
- Blairstown - Xethanol Corporation
- Cedar Rapids - Archer Daniels Midland
- Clinton - Archer Daniels Midland
- Coon Rapids - Tall Corn Ethanol, LLC
- Denison - Amaizing Energy, LLC
- Eddyville - Cargill
- Emmetsburg - Voyager Ethanol, LLC
- Fairbank - Hawkeye Renewables, LLC
- Fort Dodge - VeraSun Fort Dodge, LLC
- Galva - Quad County Corn Processors Cooperative
- Goldfield - Corn LP
- Gowrie - Frontier Ethanol, LLC
- Hanlontown - Iowa Ethanol
- Hopkinton - Permeate Refining
- Iowa Falls - Hawkeye Renewables, LLC
- Jewell - Horizon Ethanol, LLC
- Lakota - Midwest Grain Processors, LLC
- Marcus - Little Sioux Corn Processors, LP
- Mason City - Golden Grain Energy, LLC
- Muscatine - Grain Processing Corporation
- Nevada - Lincolnway Energy, LLC
- Red Oak - Red Oak Ethanol, Inc.
- Shenandoah - Green Plains Renewable Energy, LLC
- Steamboat Rock - Pine Lake Corn Processors, LLC
- West Burlington - Big River Resources West Burlington, LLC
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