Integrating Carbon Capture and Storage with Ethanol Production for Potential Economic Benefit

The Energy & Environmental Research Center, in partnership with North Dakota ethanol producer Red Trail Energy (RTE), the North Dakota Industrial Commission, and the U.S. Department of Energy, assessed the technical and economic prefeasibility of integrating carbon capture and storage (CCS) with ethanol production. Results indicate that commercial CCS is a technically viable option for the significant reduction of CO2 emissions from ethanol production at the RTE site. In addition, CCS may be economically viable for RTE should pathways emerge for low carbon-intensity ethanol in developing low-carbon fuel programs