Report: Ethanol Production Efficiencies Improve

4/21/2008
AgWeb.com Editors

According to analysis conducted by Argonne National Laboratory, America's ethanol industry has shown efficiency gains in ethanol production. The report suggests ethanol facilities are using less energy and water than just five years ago while producing more ethanol.

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The analysis compares ethanol industry data from 2001 to 2006. In 2001, U.S. ethanol production was 1.77 billion gallons. In 2006, U.S. ethanol production was 4.9 billion gallons, an increase of 276%. During this period of production growth, the Argonne analysis shows significant improvement for ethanol's already green footprint. In the past five years, according to the analysis:
Water consumption -- down 26.6%
Grid electricity use -- down 15.7%
Total energy use -- down 21.8%

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