Siouxland Ethanol and Elite Octane received LCFS approvals using
Edeniq’s Intellulose 2.0 corn fiber technology
VISALIA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/biofuels?src=hash” target=”_blank”gt;#biofuelslt;/agt;–Edeniq, Inc. (“Edeniq”), a leading biotechnology company that develops
processes for producing and measuring cellulosic ethanol, today
announced that the California Air Resources Board (“CARB”) approved its
first two Intellulose 2.0 customers for cellulosic ethanol production
from corn kernel fiber. Siouxland Ethanol, a 90 million gallon per year
(“MGPY”) corn ethanol plant located in Jackson, Nebraska was certified
on May 6 with a carbon intensity (“CI”) rating of 26.67 and Elite
Octane, a 150 MGPY corn ethanol plant located in Atlantic, Iowa was
certified on May 7 with a CI rating of 30.32. Using Intellulose 2.0, the
two plants achieved average corn kernel fiber ethanol production of 3%
of total production, nearly triple the average performance traditionally
associated with the benefits of Intellulose 1.0 that regulatory agencies
had approved.
“Intellulose 2.0 is performing extremely well, and we are excited to
bring the technology to more ethanol plants,” said Brian Thome,
President and CEO of Edeniq. “We would also like to especially thank the
teams at Siouxland Ethanol and Elite Octane for their collaboration and
support, and the team at CARB for their communication and guidance
during the evaluation process.”
“Siouxland Ethanol and Elite Octane are pleased to offer consumers
access to low carbon liquid transportation fuels,” said Nick Bowdish,
President and CEO of both companies. “We take pride in being leaders in
the US ethanol industry and delivering results that satisfy both our
investors and consumers. We appreciate the opportunity to work
synergistically with Edeniq and CARB and will continue to make
transportation fuels more environmentally friendly.”
Edeniq’s Intellulose 2.0 technology typically achieves between 2 and
4.5% cellulosic ethanol production from the corn kernel fiber at
existing corn ethanol plants without any capex requirements. The
technology, which was developed over several years and underwent
multiple peer reviews, measures the amount of ethanol produced from
multiple different molecules present in corn kernels and quantifies the
individual contribution of each component. The technology builds on
Intellulose 1.0, which measures the cellulosic ethanol produced from a
single corn kernel component. Seven Edeniq Intellulose 1.0 customers
were previously approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(“EPA”) for D3 RIN generation and/or by CARB for low-CI corn kernel
fiber ethanol production.
About Edeniq, Inc.
Edeniq, Inc. is a leading biotechnology company that develops processes
for producing and measuring cellulosic ethanol from corn kernel fiber
through its Intellulose technology. Edeniq’s Intellulose requires zero
capital investment and is easily integrated into existing ethanol
production facilities. Edeniq was established in 2008 and is
headquartered in Visalia, Calif. with a field office in Omaha, Neb. More
information can be found at www.edeniq.com.
About Siouxland Ethanol, LLC
Siouxland Ethanol, LLC is an ethanol production company owned by more
than 700 local investors. The Company commenced operations in May 2007
and produces approximately 90 million gallons of ethanol and 200,000
tons of distiller’s grains per year. Siouxland Ethanol is a seasoned
shipper of ethanol to California and has a reputation for producing low
carbon ethanol since inception by utilizing landfill gas as a source of
process energy. More information can be found at www.siouxlandethanol.com.
About Elite Octane, LLC
Elite Octane, LLC is a privately held ethanol production company that
commenced operations in July 2018 and produces approximately 150 million
gallons of ethanol and 330,000 tons of distiller’s grains per year.
Elite Octane is the newest ethanol plant in the United States to
successfully come online and is home to the largest steel grain bins in
the world at a capacity of 2M bushels of corn each. More information can
be found at www.eliteoctane.net.
Contacts
For Edeniq: Lily Wachter
Phone: 559-302-1777
Email: [email protected]
For Siouxland Ethanol, Elite Octane: Nick Bowdish
Phone:
712-790-0767
Email: [email protected]
