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Released March 25, 2025 | SUGAR LAND
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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Ethanol is bolstering the 2025 outlook for the U.S. Alternative Fuels Industry, and related companies are tuning up their plants in anticipation of stronger demand. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says U.S. ethanol export volumes will reach a record 1.85 billion gallons this year, according to its latest quarterly trade outlook. Industrial Info is tracking about 130 maintenance-related projects at alternative fuels facilities across the U.S. that are set to kick off in the second quarter, the bulk of which is attributed to ethanol plants.
Click on the image at right for a graph detailing the top 10 parent companies for maintenance-related projects at U.S. alternative fuels plants that are set to begin from April through June.
POET LLC (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) accounts for more than 20 of the maintenance projects, more than any other company, about half of which are in the ethanol-heavy state of Iowa. These include a trio of four- to five-month programs across western Iowa: a 110 million-gallon-per-year plant in Arthur; a 65 million-gallon-per-year plant in Corning; and a 56 million-gallon-per-year plant in Ashton. POET was among the companies to express relief at the Trump administration's recent decision to maintain the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) rule giving eight Midwestern states, including Iowa, year-round access to E15, which is a gasoline blended with 10.5% to 15% ethanol.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Alternative Fuels Project Database can read detailed project reports on the turnarounds in Arthur, Corning and Ashton.
POET made news earlier this year when it agreed to enter one of its Nebraska plants into a planned carbon capture and storage (CCS) network of Tallgrass Energy Partners (Leawood, Kansas). For more information, see February 18, 2025, article - POET to Connect Nebraska Ethanol Plant to Tallgrass' Trailblazer CO2 Pipeline.
Basin Electric Power Cooperative (Bismarck, North Dakota) trails only POET in its total investment value for second-quarter maintenance projects, but with only a single turnaround at its Great Plains Synfuels Plant in Beulah, North Dakota. The two-week project covers two coal gasification trains and a phenol unit, among others. The plant produces 170 million standard cubic feet per day of synthetic natural gas (SNG), 380,790 metric tons per year of anhydrous ammonia and 28 million pounds per year of phenol, among other chemicals. Subscribers can learn more from a detailed project report.
Alto Ingredients Incorporated (NASDAQ:ALTO) (Pekin, Illinois) is another leading investor in second-quarter maintenance with just two projects at its flagship plant: the 100 million-gallon-per-year wet milling unit and the 140 million-gallon-per-year dry milling unit at its ethanol plant in Pekin, Illinois. Subscribers can read detailed reports on the wet and dry units.
Other big names in the U.S. Alternative Fuels Industry with upcoming maintenance include Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE:ADM) (ADM) (Chicago, Illinois), which is gearing up for a quick turnaround at its ethanol and wet corn mill in Marshall, Minnesota, and Green Plains Incorporated (NASDAQ:GPRE) (Omaha, Nebraska), which is preparing for months-long turnarounds at its ethanol plants in Wood River and Central City, Nebraska.
ADM's Marshall plant comprises a 50 million-gallon-per-year ethanol plant and a 70 million-bushel-per-year corn-processing mill. In a recent quarterly earnings-related conference call, Monish Patolawala, the chief financial officer for ADM, said "robust export demand is likely to support strong volumes" in 2025. Subscribers can learn more from a detailed project report.
Green Plains produces 121 million and 116 million gallons per year of ethanol at its Wood River and Central City plants, respectively. Subscribers can read detailed project reports on the Wood River and Central City turnarounds.
Todd Becker, the chief executive officer of Green Plains, acknowledged the U.S. ethanol market struggled with weak margins in 2024, but was cautiously optimistic about 2025's potential. "It's a bit of a stretch to see an outsized massive uplift in ethanol margins, but we should be able to bounce off the bottom here pretty significantly," he said in a quarterly earnings call. "But I don't know that we're going to have a peak margin environment anytime in 2025."
Subscribers to Industrial Info's GMI Project and Plant databases can click here for a full list of detailed reports for projects mentioned in this article, and click here for a full list of related plant profiles.
Subscribers can click here for a full list of detailed reports for capital-spending projects in the U.S. Alternative Fuels Industry that are set to begin construction in the second quarter.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of industrial market intelligence. Since 1983, IIR has provided comprehensive research, news and analysis on the industrial process, manufacturing and energy related industries. IIR's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) platform helps companies identify and pursue trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated plant and project opportunities. Across the world, IIR is tracking more than 200,000 current and future projects worth $17.8 trillion (USD).
Click on the image at right for a graph detailing the top 10 parent companies for maintenance-related projects at U.S. alternative fuels plants that are set to begin from April through June.POET LLC (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) accounts for more than 20 of the maintenance projects, more than any other company, about half of which are in the ethanol-heavy state of Iowa. These include a trio of four- to five-month programs across western Iowa: a 110 million-gallon-per-year plant in Arthur; a 65 million-gallon-per-year plant in Corning; and a 56 million-gallon-per-year plant in Ashton. POET was among the companies to express relief at the Trump administration's recent decision to maintain the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) rule giving eight Midwestern states, including Iowa, year-round access to E15, which is a gasoline blended with 10.5% to 15% ethanol.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Alternative Fuels Project Database can read detailed project reports on the turnarounds in Arthur, Corning and Ashton.
POET made news earlier this year when it agreed to enter one of its Nebraska plants into a planned carbon capture and storage (CCS) network of Tallgrass Energy Partners (Leawood, Kansas). For more information, see February 18, 2025, article - POET to Connect Nebraska Ethanol Plant to Tallgrass' Trailblazer CO2 Pipeline.
Basin Electric Power Cooperative (Bismarck, North Dakota) trails only POET in its total investment value for second-quarter maintenance projects, but with only a single turnaround at its Great Plains Synfuels Plant in Beulah, North Dakota. The two-week project covers two coal gasification trains and a phenol unit, among others. The plant produces 170 million standard cubic feet per day of synthetic natural gas (SNG), 380,790 metric tons per year of anhydrous ammonia and 28 million pounds per year of phenol, among other chemicals. Subscribers can learn more from a detailed project report.
Alto Ingredients Incorporated (NASDAQ:ALTO) (Pekin, Illinois) is another leading investor in second-quarter maintenance with just two projects at its flagship plant: the 100 million-gallon-per-year wet milling unit and the 140 million-gallon-per-year dry milling unit at its ethanol plant in Pekin, Illinois. Subscribers can read detailed reports on the wet and dry units.
Other big names in the U.S. Alternative Fuels Industry with upcoming maintenance include Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE:ADM) (ADM) (Chicago, Illinois), which is gearing up for a quick turnaround at its ethanol and wet corn mill in Marshall, Minnesota, and Green Plains Incorporated (NASDAQ:GPRE) (Omaha, Nebraska), which is preparing for months-long turnarounds at its ethanol plants in Wood River and Central City, Nebraska.
ADM's Marshall plant comprises a 50 million-gallon-per-year ethanol plant and a 70 million-bushel-per-year corn-processing mill. In a recent quarterly earnings-related conference call, Monish Patolawala, the chief financial officer for ADM, said "robust export demand is likely to support strong volumes" in 2025. Subscribers can learn more from a detailed project report.
Green Plains produces 121 million and 116 million gallons per year of ethanol at its Wood River and Central City plants, respectively. Subscribers can read detailed project reports on the Wood River and Central City turnarounds.
Todd Becker, the chief executive officer of Green Plains, acknowledged the U.S. ethanol market struggled with weak margins in 2024, but was cautiously optimistic about 2025's potential. "It's a bit of a stretch to see an outsized massive uplift in ethanol margins, but we should be able to bounce off the bottom here pretty significantly," he said in a quarterly earnings call. "But I don't know that we're going to have a peak margin environment anytime in 2025."
Subscribers to Industrial Info's GMI Project and Plant databases can click here for a full list of detailed reports for projects mentioned in this article, and click here for a full list of related plant profiles.
Subscribers can click here for a full list of detailed reports for capital-spending projects in the U.S. Alternative Fuels Industry that are set to begin construction in the second quarter.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of industrial market intelligence. Since 1983, IIR has provided comprehensive research, news and analysis on the industrial process, manufacturing and energy related industries. IIR's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) platform helps companies identify and pursue trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated plant and project opportunities. Across the world, IIR is tracking more than 200,000 current and future projects worth $17.8 trillion (USD).
