Historical Nebraska Ethanol Production
1985 – 2007
In 2007, ethanol production capacity in Nebraska doubled from the previous year to reach nearly 1.3 billion gallons due to plants completing expansion projects and plants becoming operational. In the graph below, production is shown from 1985 to 2007. The five tables at the bottom of this report show each plant's annual production or capacity from 1985 to 2007.
As of June 30, 2004, seven plants met a minimum production of 8,500 gallons over 30 days to receive state incentives. The seven plants were at Sutherland, Lexington, Norfolk, Cambridge, Madrid, McCook, and Ravenna. Following the completion of this goal, six of the plants (Sutherland is the exception) shut down to begin building a larger facility or to secure financing needed for expansion.
ADM/MCP; Ag Processing, Inc.; and Cargill production numbers are not available after 2001, because their production volume is not for public knowledge. Starting with 2004, production numbers for all plants are the number of gallons of capacity.
The ethanol section of the state energy office's energy statistics has more information.
| Year | Chief Ethanol Fuels (Hastings) |
Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) (Columbus) |
Abengoa Bioenergy (York) |
Cargill, Inc. (Blair) |
Nebraska Energy, LLC (Aurora) |
Ag Processing, Inc. (AGP) (Hastings) |
Midwest Renewable Energy (Sutherland) |
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| 1985 | 8,500,000 | ||||||
| 1986 | 10,500,000 | ||||||
| 1987 | 11,600,000 | ||||||
| 1988 | 11,750,000 | ||||||
| 1989 | 12,050,000 | ||||||
| 1990 | 12,755,000 | ||||||
| 1991 | 13,050,000 | ||||||
| 1992 | 13,200,000 | 9,850,000 | |||||
| 1993 | 18,025,000 | 33,600,000 | |||||
| 1994 | 24,675,000 | 54,275,000 | |||||
| 1995 | 28,695,000 | 74,550,000 | 28,765,000 | 57,600,000 | 1,550,000 | ||
| 1996 | 31,650,000 | 46,150,000 | 16,300,000 | 56,285,000 | 25,000,000 | 22,750,000 | |
| 1997 | 34,860,000 | 71,450,000 | 31,875,000 | 77,150,000 | 26,000,000 | 26,450,000 | |
| 1998 | 42,265,000 | 76,490,000 | 31,537,922 | 77,125,000 | 29,000,000 | 30,090,000 | |
| 1999 | 43,150,000 | 78,675,000 | 36,385,735 | 80,400,000 | 29,000,000 | 35,875,000 | 1,755,000 |
| 2000 | 45,000,000 | 80,000,000 | 37,657,825 | 80,000,000 | 31,000,000 | 37,500,000 | 10,000,000 |
| 2001 | 62,000,000 | 80,000,000 | 37,700,892 | 80,000,000 | 34,378,000 | 43,750,000 | 14,000,000 |
| 2002 | 60,711,234 | *80,000,000 | 50,000,000 | *83,000,000 | 33,863,000 | *45,000,000 | |
| 2003 | 60,434,802 | *80,000,000 | *50,000,000 | *83,000,000 | 37,500,000 | *52,000,000 | |
| 2004 | 62,000,000 | 80,000,000 | 50,000,000 | 83,000,000 | 40,000,000 | 52,000,000 | 15,000,000 |
| 2005 | 62,000,000 | 80,000,000 | 55,000,000 | 85,000,000 | 50,000,000 | 52,000,000 | 17,500,000 |
| 2006 | 62,000,000 | 80,000,000 | 55,000,000 | 85,000,000 | 50,000,000 | 52,000,000 | 18,500,000 |
| 2007 | 62,000,000 | 100,000,000 | 55,000,000 | 88,000,000 | 50,000,000 | 55,000,000 | 18,500,000 |
| Year | Husker Ag, LLC (Plainview) |
KAAPA Ethanol, LLC (Axtell/Minden) |
Trenton AgriProducts (TAP) LLC (Trenton) |
Green Plains Renewable Energy (Central City) |
Mid America Agri Products (Cambridge) |
Cornhusker Energy Lexington, LLC (Lexington) |
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| 2003 | 19,549,766 | |||||
| 2004 | 23,000,000 | 40,000,000 | 30,000,000 | 40,000,000 | 8,500 | 8,500 |
| 2005 | 26,500,000 | 40,000,000 | 35,000,000 | 40,000,000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 26,500,000 | 40,000,000 | 45,000,000 | 40,000,000 | 0 | 50,000,000 |
| 2007 | 26,000,000 | 40,000,000 | 45,000,000 | 100,000,000 | 0 | 50,000,000 |
| Year | Standard Ethanol (Madrid) |
S.W. Energy, LLC (McCook) |
Louis Dreyfus Commodities (Norfolk) |
Abengoa Bioenergy (Ravenna) |
Advanced BioEnergy (Fairmont) |
E3 BioFuels (Mead) |
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| 2004 | 8,500 | 8,500 | 8,500 | 8,500 | ||
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| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2007 | 55,000,000 | 0 | 53,000,000 | 80,000,000 | 115,000,000 | 25,000,000 |
| Year | Siouxland Ethanol, LLC (Jackson) |
VeraSun Ord (Ord) |
Valero Renewable Fuels (Albion) |
NEDAK Ethanol (Atkinson) |
Aventine Aurora West LLC (Aurora) |
E–Energy Adams (Adams) |
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| 2007 | 55,000,000 | 50,000,000 | 110,000,000 | 50,000,000 |
| Year | ALTRA Nebraska, LLC (Carleton) |
Pioneer Trail (Wood River) |
Bridgeport Ethanol (Bridgeport) |
Annual Total (Gallons) |
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| 1985 | 8,500,000 | |||
| 1986 | 10,500,000 | |||
| 1987 | 11,600,000 | |||
| 1988 | 11,750,000 | |||
| 1989 | 12,050,000 | |||
| 1990 | 12,755,000 | |||
| 1991 | 13,050,000 | |||
| 1992 | 23,050,000 | |||
| 1993 | 51,625,000 | |||
| 1994 | 78,950,000 | |||
| 1995 | 191,160,000 | |||
| 1996 | 198,135,000 | |||
| 1997 | 267,785,000 | |||
| 1998 | 286,507,922 | |||
| 1999 | 305,240,735 | |||
| 2000 | 321,157,825 | |||
| 2001 | 351,828,892 | |||
| 2002 | 352,574,234 | |||
| 2003 | 382,484,568 | |||
| 2004 | 515,051,000 | |||
| 2005 | 543,000,000 | |||
| 2006 | 604,000,000 | |||
| 2007 | 1,282,500,000 |
Sources: Nebraska Ethanol Board, Lincoln, NE. Nebraska Energy Office, Lincoln, NE.
Note: An asterisk (*) indicates an estimate.