Panda Ethanol to seek carbon credits for its 115 Mgy Hereford, Texas plant

The CEO of Panda Ethanol said that it intends to earn and sell carbon credits obtained at its 115 Mgy ethanol plant in Hereford, Texas. The company said that the reductions and resulting emissions credits will come from using a cow manure power system in place of a traditional natural gas supply to power the ethanol distillation process. The state Commission on Environmental Quality granted an air permit last month for the Hereford plant.
Recently, the company canceled a 100 Mgy ethanol plant that was scheduled for construction near Wallace. Panda had previously announced plans to build five 100 Mgy plants.

Last month, the company received the air quality permit for its 115 Mgy ethanol plant in Muleshoe. The Muleshoe plant will utilize up to 500,000 tons of cattle manure per year to generate biogas that will be used for steam generation.

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