Gevo North Dakota accelerates our mission to produce renewable fuels and chemicals, while adding substantial value through carbon abatement opportunities using our carbon capture and sequestration facility.
Gevo North Dakota comprises a 65 million gallon per year ethanol production facility located on 500 acres. The facility distributes its low-carbon ethanol across the U.S. and Canada, including low-carbon demand markets in Oregon, Washington, British Columbia and Alberta. In addition, the facility generates more than 200,000 tons annually of distiller grains and vegetable oil co-products.
Gevo North Dakota Offers Carbon Capture and Sequestration
In addition, the facility has lease agreements for 5,800 acres in the Broom Creek formation, which has pore space sufficient for 1 million metric tons of carbon capture and sequestration annually. This facility allows us to capture carbon and store and sequester it in the ground for 1,000-plus years. The permitted CCS well currently sequesters up to approximately 180,000 metric tons of carbon annually. Carbon abatement for fuels and chemicals is core to our business, and we are ready for the developing market for sequestered carbon. Gevo North Dakota provides carbon sequestration expansion potential of more than five times current operations by utilizing available pore space and wellhead capacity.
How Does Gevo North Dakota Work?
Gevo designs our entire business with efficiency in mind from the beginning, and it has an impact on everything we do. We transform renewable energy sources into drop-in, fungible commodities that can be stored and transported globally and easily. By focusing on carbon value, Gevo is set up to maximize the value of renewable energy sources. When we focus on that goal, everything we do in developing our plans, building out our facilities, working with airlines, fuel companies, farmers, and other partners, becomes focused on sustainability.
Producing Renewable Fuels and More
Gevo North Dakota produces approximately 65 million gallons per year (MGPY) of ethanol. This alcohol is a building block for many of our processes and we expect to be able to use them to produce aviation fuel using ethanol-to-jet pathways, as well as renewable chemicals.
In addition, the facility is expected to produce at least 200,000 tons per year of distillers grains, and vegetable oil coproducts.
The Circular Economy Is the Key
Regeneratively grown feedstocks will make the difference. That’s why we intend to put our energy into improving agriculture while putting nutrition into the foodchain.
Gevo’s unique systems approach will be focused on getting the most out of our regeneratively grown plant-based feedstock to improve global food supply as well as improve efficiency for transportation. We strive to source corn feedstock from farmers who use regenerative agricultural practices, then multiply the effect by separating the protein and starch out of every kernel.
- Nutrition first, Gevo will produce more protein products compared to renewable fuels, on a tonnage basis
- Farmers succeed, growing their operations and employing more people
- Better economic conditions help rural communities thrive
- Farms participate in growth of renewable energy infrastructure
- Every acre produces both food and fuel
Our Mission Starts with Regenerative Agriculture
According to Regeneration International, regenerative agriculture is “a holistic land-management practice that leverages the power of photosynthesis in plants to close the carbon cycle, and build soil health, crop resilience, and nutrient density.” Regenerative agriculture is particularly effective with corn:
- Stalks grow to more than six feet tall each year, drawing carbon from the atmosphere
- Stalks and leaves store carbon
- Root structure stores carbon
- Low-till and no-till farming techniques leave roots, stalks, and leaves in soil
- Organic matter in soil helps water retention
- Soil biodiversity helps sequester carbon more deeply