POET’s Chancellor plant hits billion gallon mark
In South Dakota, POET’s biorefining facility in Chancellor, South Dakota reached a production milestone of 1 billion gallons of high-quality ethanol in 2016, placing it at the vanguard of a rapidly-growing biofuels sector in the United States. The facility was also the first POET plant to hit 500 million gallons, a benchmark achieved in 2011. POET Biorefining – Chancellor lies on a 135-acre site about 5 miles west of Lennox and approximately 20 miles southwest of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The plant uses more than 100,000 bushels of corn per day and is equipped with cutting-edge technologies, allowing the facility to use green energy derived from solid waste and methane gas from the nearby Sioux Falls city landfill.
“Our team in Chancellor does a fantastic job and has been very aggressive in driving efficiency and optimizing operations since plant first opened in 2003,” said POET CEO Jeff Broin. “We have expanded the plant, and with innovation and hard work the team is now producing 110 million gallons of ethanol annually at this plant, creating a highly important local market for corn and adding over $185 million to the South Dakota GDP. This is a remarkable milestone, and I congratulate all 64 of our team members at the plant on leading the charge in American biofuel production.”
Category: Fuels
