Ethanol Stats (Jan. 2011)

• Number of operating plants/ethanol facilities: 204
• States with ethanol facilities: 29
• Operating Capacity: 13.5 billion gallons per year (bgy)
• Utilized Capacity: 13.1 bgy

Historic Ethanol Production (in billions of gallons)

Top Ethanol Production States 2010

Important Facts about Ethanol Production

• 2.8 gallons of ethanol, 17 pounds of livestock feed (distillers grains)and 18 pounds of carbon dioxide are produced from each bushel of grain used.
• Ethanol production requires approximately 2.7 gallons of water per gallon of ethanol produced.
• Since 2001, energy requirements (thermal BTUs) for ethanol production have fallen 28% and electricity is down 32%.
• Ethanol yields between 1.9 and 2.3 units of energy for every one unit of energy used in production, according to recent USDA research.