Panda Ethanol
Muleshoe, Texas Ethanol Plant will Complete the Texas Trifecta
Once complete, the Muleshoe facility will be one of the most fuel efficient ethanol refineries in the nation and equal in size to Panda's Hereford facility, currently under construction, which will be the largest biomass-fueled ethanol plant in the United States.
- Double-loop rail track: Unlike "traditional" ethanol facilities, Panda uses a double-loop track to allow for the efficient unloading of a 110-car unit train of corn while simultaneously loading a 95-car unit train of ethanol.
- Manure Handling Area: distributes and feeds manure to the gasifier providing an uninterrupted flow of biomass material to fuel the steam process.
- Gasifier: gasifies the manure to generate the steam required for ethanol production.
- Wet Distillers Grain Building: for the handling, storage and load out of wet distillers grains.
- Ethanol Production Area: is the heart of the facility where fermentation, dehydration, distillation and evaporation occur.
- Ethanol Storage Tank: holds 4.5 million gallons of the finished product ready for loading.
- Grain Storage and Conveyor Feed: stores and feeds corn to the ethanol production process. A typical ethanol facility of this size stores 30 days worth of grain. Panda's facilities will store 45 days of corn or 4.8 million bushels.
Muleshoe, Texas
Manure Gasification Plant
The ethanol refinery will be located on a 305-acre site eight miles northwest of Muleshoe, Texas.
Local Support
Panda representatives "have proven to be good neighbors in working with the Muleshoe community to bring ethanol production to Bailey County. This is a great opportunity for Bailey County, and it has been exciting to work with Panda in locating the project here."
— Bailey County, Texas Judge Sherri Harrison
"This facility will have a tremendous economic development impact on Muleshoe and Bailey County by
providing many jobs in several areas and by nearly doubling our tax base ... This is 'value-added'
for our agricultural community and a natural fit for our dairies and feed yards."
— Janet Claborn, director of economic development for the Muleshoe Economic Development Corporation.
Facility Facts
- Location: Muleshoe, Texas
- Co-Products: Ethanol, distillers grain, CO2, ash
- Ethanol Capacity: 115 million gallons-per-year on a denatured basis
- Fuel: Cattle manure
- Air Permit Received: TBA
- Anticipated Construction Start Date: TBA
- Anticipated Date of Commercial Operations: TBA