Green Plains announced in June 2024 it has executed construction management agreements and ordered the major equipment necessary to capture the carbon from three of its Nebraska ethanol facilities.

The company plans to commence construction in the second half of 2024, and to begin capturing the biogenic carbon dioxide associated with the production of 287 million gallons of ethanol annually beginning in the second half of 2025.

The carbon capture equipment will be installed at the company’s Central City, Wood River and York, Nebraska locations and has been sized to accommodate the potential for post-combustion carbon capture and increased production, with overall carbon capture capacity up to 1.2 million tons.

Once it’s capture, the CO2 is expected to be transported to sequestration wells in Wyoming for permanent geologic storage through the Trailblazer project.