Ethanol Facilities' Capacity by State

Nebraska has the second largest ethanol nameplate capacity and the third largest ethanol operating production in the country, based on the latest federal figures.

As of January 2010, Nebraska has the nameplate capacity to produce 1.5 billion gallons of ethanol, which is 12 percent of the nation's capacity of 13 billion gallons.  Iowa has the largest nameplate capacity (3.3 billion gallons which is 25 percent of the nation's total), and Louisiana has the smallest nameplate capacity (1.5 million gallons).  Twenty-six states have ethanol facilities.

Nebraska's operating refineries are producing 1.3 billion gallons of ethanol, which is 11 percent of the nation's capacity of 11.9 billion gallons.  Iowa has the largest operating production (3.2 billion gallons which is 27 percent of the nation's total), and Louisiana has the smallest operating production (1.5 million gallons).  Twenty-six states have operating ethanol facilities.  Idled facilities are omitted in the total of each state's operating production.

The ethanol section of the state energy office's energy statistics has more information.

See the archive for reports from prior months.

Ethanol Facilities
Nameplate Capacity and Production Capacity
Ranked by State
(Largest to Smallest Capacity as of January 2010)

Sources:  Renewable Fuels Association, Washington, DC.  Nebraska Energy Office, Lincoln, NE.

Note:  Totals may not equal the sum of the components due to independent rounding.

This table was updated on February 11, 2010.  Typically, there is one month between updates.

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