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South Dakota ethanol plant crosses billion gallon mark
POET’s ethanol plant in Chancellor, South Dakota reached a production milestone of 1 billion gallons of ethanol in 2016. The facility was the first POET plant to hit 500 million gallons in 2011.
The plant, about 20 miles southwest of Sioux Falls, opened in 2003. POET CEO Jeff Broin says the plant produces 110 million gallons of ethanol annually, creating a local market for corn and adding more than $185 million to South Dakota’s GDP. It uses more than 100,000 bushels of corn per day from farmers in eight surrounding counties and is operated on energy derived from solid waste and methane gas from the Sioux Falls landfill.
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