EPA approves Flint Hills Resources plant for cellulosic ethanol production
VISALIA, Calif. — Edeniq, Inc., a cellulosic and biorefining technology company, announced that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved Flint Hills Resources’ registration of its 100 MMgal/yr Iowa Falls, Iowa ethanol plant for cellulosic ethanol production using Edeniq’s technology.
Iowa Falls is the fifth existing ethanol plant to receive approval from the EPA for cellulosic ethanol production using Edeniq’s Pathway technology. The four existing ethanol plants that have previously received this approval are: Pacific Ethanol’s Stockton, CA plant; Flint Hills Resources’ Shell Rock, IA plant; Little Sioux Corn Processors’ Marcus, IA plant; and, Siouxland Energy Cooperative’s plant located in Sioux Center, IA.
Edeniq’s registered customers now total 500 MGPY of nameplate ethanol capacity and are averaging more than 1% cellulosic ethanol. Customers’ cellulosic ethanol yields have increased on average in 2017, and Edeniq expects its technology will continue to advance cellulosic yields for its customers.
Edeniq’s technology remains the lowest-cost solution for producing and measuring cellulosic ethanol from corn kernel fiber utilizing existing fermenters at existing corn ethanol plants, and has already proven cellulosic ethanol yields of up to 2.5% or higher, as a percentage of its customers’ total volume output. Once approved by EPA, customers are eligible to qualify cellulosic gallons with D3 RINs, which are considered the most valuable on the RIN market. Additional benefits of Edeniq’s technology include increases in corn oil production and greater overall ethanol yields, all provided by a zero-capex cellulosic ethanol production option.
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