US Ethanol Production
The fastest growing energy source in the world.

US ETHANOL FACTS

The US ethanol industry is the fastest growing energy industry in the world.

Ethanol is blended in 30% of our nation's gasoline.

As of August of 2006, the US had 101 plants in operation and with a capacity of 4.8 billion gallons per year. 39 biorefineries are under construction and 7 are expanding that will add more than 2.5 billion gallons of capacity when complete.

Ethanol is blended in 40 percent of the nation’s gasoline supply.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, ethanol yields 1.64 units of energy for each unit of energy it took to produce. That compares to just 0.8 units of energy from gasoline.

The use of 4 billion gallons of ethanol in 2005 reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 7.8 tons, the equivalent of taking 1.2 million cars off American roads.

 

Year

Ethanol Produced

Grain Used

1997

1.3 billion gallons

481 million bushels

1998

1.4 billion gallons

526 million bushels

1999

1.47 billion gallons

566 million bushels

2000

1.63 billion gallons

628 million bushels

2001

1.77 billion gallons

706 million bushels

2002

2.13 billion gallons

996 million bushels

2003

2.8 billion gallons

1.17 billion bushels

The Ethanol Industry Outlook can be found on the RFA webpage at: http://www.ethanolrfa.org/industry/outlook/

Corn Industry Statistics can be found in the National Corn Growers Association's World of Corn publication:

http://www.ncga.com/WorldOfCorn/Main/Index.asp