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Ethanol council highlights production, CO2 sequestration and sustainable aviation fuel prospects
Summary
The North Dakota Ethanol Council briefed the joint agriculture committee on state ethanol production (≈550 million gallons/year), carbon sequestration projects at two plants and potential for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) that could greatly expand ethanol demand.
Tracy Olsen, chief operating officer for Guardian Energy Management and a member of the North Dakota Ethanol Council, told the joint House and Senate Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committees that North Dakota now produces more than 550 million gallons of ethanol annually and that the industry uses roughly 184 million bushels of corn each year.
Olsen said five of the six state plants buy more than 80% of their corn locally and that…
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