Pacific Ethanol owns eight ethanol production facilities, four in the Western states of California, Oregon and Idaho, and four in the Midwestern states of Illinois and Nebraska. The plants have a combined production capacity of 515 million gallons per year, produce over 1 million tons per year of ethanol co-products such as wet and dry distiller grains, wet and dry corn gluten feed, condensed distillers solubles (CDS), corn gluten meal, corn germ, corn oil, distillers yeast and CO2.
Kinergy Marketing LLC, the marketing and trading subsidiary of Pacific Ethanol, sells all ethanol for the Pacific Ethanol plants as well as third parties and today sells over 800 million gallons of ethanol annually. Kinergy provides its customers in the West excellent logistical service, inventory management and reliable supply of ethanol and biodiesel. With the Midwestern plants, Kinergy has direct access to markets in the South and East, and to international markets by way of the Mississippi River system and rail to Gulf and East Coast ports.
About The U.S. Grains Council
The U.S. Grains Council develops export markets for U.S. barley, corn, sorghum and related products including distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) and ethanol. With full-time presence in 28 locations, the Council operates programs in more than 50 countries and the European Union. The Council believes exports are vital to global economic development and to U.S. agriculture’s profitability. Detailed information about the Council and its programs is online at www.grains.org.