About Us

Panda Ethanol, Inc. is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. We are currently developing five 105 million gallon-per-year denatured ethanolEthanol: A clean-burning, high octane, renewable fuel made from grain or other biomass sources. Ethanol can be used as an effective octane-boosting fuel additive or as a stand-alone fuel. projects located in Texas, Colorado and Kansas. Four of these facilities will each generate the steam used in the ethanol manufacturing process by gasifying upwards of 1 billion pounds of cattle manure per year.

Panda is currently constructing its first biomassBiomass: Plant matter such as trees, grasses, agricultural crops or other biological material such as cattle manure. refinery in Hereford, Texas and anticipates ethanol production to commence during the fourth quarter of 2007. Once complete, the Hereford facility will be one of the most fuel-efficient ethanol refineries in the nation and the largest biomass-fueled ethanol plant in the United States.

Our innovative plans to use biomass material as a thermal energy source has captured the attention of some of the most respected names in reporting including: the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Forbes, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, Newsweek, National Geographic, NPR, Imus in the Morning, Geraldo-At-Large, BusinessWeek and The Economist.

Panda Ethanol's founder is Panda Energy International, a privately-held company which has built more than 9,000 MW of electric generation capacity at a cost of $5 billion.

In 2005, Newsweek magazine named a Panda company as one of the 10 most eco-friendly companies in America.