US ethanol plant capacity increases for 3rd consecutive year
US production of fuel ethanol is forecast to reach 15.1 billion gallons (982,000 b/d) in 2016
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Fuel Ethanol Plant Production Capacity
Fuel ethanol production capacity in the US was nearly 15 billion gallons per year, or 973,000 b/d, at the beginning of 2016, according to EIA’s most recent U.S. Fuel Ethanol Plant Production Capacity report.
Total capacity of operable ethanol plants increased by more than 500 million gallons per year in Jan. 2016 compared with Jan. 2015.
The majority of the 195 ethanol plants, and most of the US fuel ethanol production capacity, are located in the Midwest region (as defined by Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts).
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Fuel Ethanol Plant Production Capacity
Total nameplate capacity in the Midwest was 13.5 billion gallons per year (883,000 b/d), an increase of more than 500 million gallons compared with 2015.
Of the top 13 fuel ethanol-producing states, 12 are located in the Midwest.
Nameplate production capacity, the measure of capacity that EIA tracks, is the plant manufacturer’s stated design capacity to produce denatured (made unfit for human consumption) fuel ethanol during a 12-month period.
However, nameplate capacity is not a physical production limit for many ethanol plants.
This level of operation, called maximum sustainable capacity, is inherently subjective.
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