Production in Minnesota

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Minnesota is currently the fifth largest ethanol producer in the United States with a capacity of over 1.4 billion gallons annually from 19 ethanol plants.

The following are the producers and locations of the plants in Minnesota:

Minnesota Ethanol Production (Nameplate Capacity)


#	Ethanol Plant	Location	Annual Production (million gallons)
1	ADM	Marshall	50
2	Al-Corn Clean Fuel	Claremont	130
3	Bushmills Ethanol	Atwater	90
4	Chippewa Valley Ethanol Company	Benson	50
5	Denco II	Morris	30
6	Gevo	Luverne	21
7	Granite Falls Energy	Granite Falls	70
8	Green Plains Renewable Energy	Fairmont	119
9	Green Plains Renewable Energy	Fergus Falls	60
10	Greenfield Global	Winnebago	48
11	Guardian Energy	Janesville	165
12	Heartland Corn Products	Winthrop	110
13	Heron Lake Bioenergy	Heron Lake	72
14	Highwater Ethanol	Lamberton	59.5
15	POET	Glenville	45
16	POET	Bingham Lake	35
17	POET	Lake Crystal	69
18	POET	Preston	50
19	Valero	Welcome	130
	TOTAL		1403.5

Source : Energy Information Administration / MN ethanol producers

Note : All rows highlighted in blue denote ethanol producers that are members of the Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association.