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POET and Summit Carbon Solutions announce carbon capture partnership

POET and Summit Carbon Solutions announce carbon capture partnership

February 3, 2024 |

In Iowa, POET and Summit Carbon Solutions signed a partnership to strategically expand the carbon opportunity across the Midwest by incorporating POET’s 12 facilities in Iowa and five facilities in South Dakota into the Summit project. This addition will facilitate the capture, transportation, and permanent storage of 4.7 million metric tons of CO2 annually from […]

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POET signs on to Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline project

POET signs on to Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline project

January 29, 2024 |

In Iowa, POET and Summit Carbon Solutions (Summit) announced a partnership connecting the world’s largest biofuel producer with the world’s largest carbon capture and storage project. This collaboration brings together two entities—both founded upon creating new agricultural markets and supporting rural communities—to capture the value of the biogenic CO2 from the bioethanol production process. The […]

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EPA fines POET Biorefining nearly $90,000 for failing to comply with air premit

EPA fines POET Biorefining nearly $90,000 for failing to comply with air premit

November 30, 2023 |

In Kansas, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will collect a $89,860 penalty from POET Biorefining – Menlo LLC, a bioethanol producer in Menlo, Iowa, to resolve alleged violations of the federal Clean Air Act. According to EPA, the Menlo facility is a “major air emission source” that failed to comply with federally enforceable permit […]

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POET’s Cloverdale biorefinery reopening after four years

POET’s Cloverdale biorefinery reopening after four years

September 4, 2023 |

In Indiana, WCSI local radio reports that POET’s Cloverdale biorefinery that was shut down four years ago due to the implementation of the Renewable Fuel Standard has now been restarted thanks to strong support for E15. A “Grand Opening” was held last week but the plant won’t be fully online until next week. POET invested […]

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POET to reopen Cloverdale biorefinery in 2023 thanks to year-round E15

POET to reopen Cloverdale biorefinery in 2023 thanks to year-round E15

December 29, 2022 |

In Indiana, WCSI news reports POET plans to reopen its Cloverdale biorefinery next year thanks to the anticipated increase in ethanol blending to 15% from the current 10%. The company has four other ethanol plants operating in the state, but Cloverdale is set to produce around 100 million gallons of ethanol annually. The additional blending […]

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POET to acquire marine transload facility in Georgia

POET to acquire marine transload facility in Georgia

August 4, 2022 |

In Georgia, POET has signed a purchase agreement with Savannah Marine Terminal (SMT) to acquire its rail-to-container transload facility in Savannah, Georgia. The acquisition will include all equipment and real estate to operate the grain transload facility. The Port of Savannah, one of the highest volume container ports in the U.S., has geographic synergy with […]

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Minnesota Pollution Control Agency fines POET Biorefining for water quality violations

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency fines POET Biorefining for water quality violations

July 11, 2022 |

In Minnesota, according to a Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) enforcement investigation, POET Biorefining LLC, in Glenville, Minnesota, exceeded its permitted stormwater discharge limits, including total suspended solids and carbonaceous biochemical oxygen demand (CBOD), the measurement of dissolved oxygen depletion in wastewater released into a body of water.  Other violations included missing 10 percent of […]

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Navigator CO2 Ventures signs LoI with POET

Navigator CO2 Ventures signs LoI with POET

June 7, 2022 |

In Texas, Navigator CO2 Ventures LLC has signed a Letter of Intent to provide carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) services to POET on Navigator’s Heartland Greenway system. The agreement outlines Navigator’s integrated CCUS services for approximately 5 million metric tons of POET’s biogenic CO2 annually and establishes a collaborative path for the development of […]

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POET to reopen Cloverdale biorefinery in 2023

POET to reopen Cloverdale biorefinery in 2023

May 25, 2022 |

In Indiana, POET it will be reopening its bioprocessing facility in Cloverdale, Indiana, after federal and state policymakers took action to safeguard domestic markets for low-carbon biofuels. The facility will create 50 full-time local jobs and generate demand for 34 million bushels of corn from Indiana farmers annually. Restarting the Cloverdale facility will bring POET’s […]

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POET – Portland completes construction on renewable CO2 addition

POET – Portland completes construction on renewable CO2 addition

January 30, 2022 |

In Indiana, POET, the world’s largest biofuels producer, completed construction on an addition to its POET Bioprocessing – Portland facility. This addition allows the facility to capture renewable CO2, a co-product of POET’s bioethanol production process, to be sold for commercial use. POET’s renewable CO2 is a part of the all-natural POET Pure line of […]

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