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Released February 18, 2025 | SUGAR LAND
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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Leading U.S. ethanol producer POET LLC (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) has taken a step toward cleaner ethanol by entering a Nebraska plant into planned carbon capture and storage (CCS) network of Tallgrass Energy Partners (Leawood, Kansas).
POET's plant in Fairmont, Nebraska, will enter the carbon-dioxide (CO2) scheme. Fairmont is in the south of state, near the planned path of an existing natural gas pipeline that Tallgrass hopes to convert to carry CO2. Tallgrass' Trailblazer network spans nearly 400 miles from southeastern Nebraska, through southern Nebraska to enter the northeast corner of Colorado before skirting Colorado's border with Nebraska and Wyoming to terminate at the Cheyenne Hub in Weld County, Colorado, named for its proximity to the Wyoming capital.
Tallgrass expects to begin the conversion project later this year, which could lead to completion in 2026. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Pipeline Project Database can learn more by viewing the related project reports.
Industrial Info's Alternative Fuels Plant Database shows that POET's Fairmont plant has been in operation since 2007 and produces approximately 110 million gallons per year of ethanol. Subscribers can learn more by viewing the plant profile.
The plant is probably POET's only plant that is capable of being plugged into the Trailblazer network. It is POET's only operating plant in Nebraska, where most of the pipeline will run, and the company has no plants in Wyoming or Colorado.
The lack of POET plants' proximity to the Trailblazer carbon network hasn't stopped the company from pursuing carbon capture at other locations. Late last year, the ethanol producer announced that it had signed on all 12 of its Iowa plants and five plants in South Dakota onto Summit Carbon Solutions' (Ames, Iowa) proposed CO2 network, known as the Midwest Carbon Express network, which Summit boasts will be the biggest carbon-solution network in the world.
Summit's pipeline network will span five states, including Iowa, northeastern Nebraska, eastern South Dakota, Minnesota and North Dakota, where the company's proposed storage hub will be. Summit's project, while easing through regulatory proceedings in some states, has met headwinds in others, including North Dakota and South Dakota, although a bill aimed at eliminating eminent domain status for carbon pipelines in North Dakota was defeated in the state's Senate last week. For additional information, see January 31, 2025, article - Dakotas Take Aim at Carbon Pipelines. POET's contribution to the network from the 17 plants would account for 4.7 million metric tons of CO2 annually.
Summit has announced plans to begin work on the pipeline this year, potentially putting the scheme in action in 2026, although the large size and still-remaining land acquisition in some states make this date seem somewhat optimistic. Subscribers can learn more by viewing the related project reports.
Tallgrass' Trailblazer scheme seems much more likely to move ahead in a speedy manner than that of Summit, not only because of its smaller size, but because in repurposing an existing natural gas pipeline, much of the necessary infrastructure is already in place, largely laying to rest any issues that may stem from landowners and the possible of eminent domain.
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POET's plant in Fairmont, Nebraska, will enter the carbon-dioxide (CO2) scheme. Fairmont is in the south of state, near the planned path of an existing natural gas pipeline that Tallgrass hopes to convert to carry CO2. Tallgrass' Trailblazer network spans nearly 400 miles from southeastern Nebraska, through southern Nebraska to enter the northeast corner of Colorado before skirting Colorado's border with Nebraska and Wyoming to terminate at the Cheyenne Hub in Weld County, Colorado, named for its proximity to the Wyoming capital.
Tallgrass expects to begin the conversion project later this year, which could lead to completion in 2026. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Pipeline Project Database can learn more by viewing the related project reports.
Industrial Info's Alternative Fuels Plant Database shows that POET's Fairmont plant has been in operation since 2007 and produces approximately 110 million gallons per year of ethanol. Subscribers can learn more by viewing the plant profile.
The plant is probably POET's only plant that is capable of being plugged into the Trailblazer network. It is POET's only operating plant in Nebraska, where most of the pipeline will run, and the company has no plants in Wyoming or Colorado.
The lack of POET plants' proximity to the Trailblazer carbon network hasn't stopped the company from pursuing carbon capture at other locations. Late last year, the ethanol producer announced that it had signed on all 12 of its Iowa plants and five plants in South Dakota onto Summit Carbon Solutions' (Ames, Iowa) proposed CO2 network, known as the Midwest Carbon Express network, which Summit boasts will be the biggest carbon-solution network in the world.
Summit's pipeline network will span five states, including Iowa, northeastern Nebraska, eastern South Dakota, Minnesota and North Dakota, where the company's proposed storage hub will be. Summit's project, while easing through regulatory proceedings in some states, has met headwinds in others, including North Dakota and South Dakota, although a bill aimed at eliminating eminent domain status for carbon pipelines in North Dakota was defeated in the state's Senate last week. For additional information, see January 31, 2025, article - Dakotas Take Aim at Carbon Pipelines. POET's contribution to the network from the 17 plants would account for 4.7 million metric tons of CO2 annually.
Summit has announced plans to begin work on the pipeline this year, potentially putting the scheme in action in 2026, although the large size and still-remaining land acquisition in some states make this date seem somewhat optimistic. Subscribers can learn more by viewing the related project reports.
Tallgrass' Trailblazer scheme seems much more likely to move ahead in a speedy manner than that of Summit, not only because of its smaller size, but because in repurposing an existing natural gas pipeline, much of the necessary infrastructure is already in place, largely laying to rest any issues that may stem from landowners and the possible of eminent domain.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's GMI Database can click here to view reports for some of the projects discussed in this article and click here for the related plant profiles.
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) 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 over 200,000 current and future projects worth $17.8 trillion (USD).
