Manure Gasification

Using Renewable Fuel to Create Renewable Fuel

Panda Ethanol is positioned to be a leading innovator in the 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. industry. Drawing on our founding company's 25 years of experience in the merchant power industry, we are continually finding ways to use alternative technology to make our operations more efficient.

For example, four of our plants will utilize biomassBiomass: Plant matter such as trees, grasses, agricultural crops or other biological material such as cattle manure. gasification to generate the steam used in the ethanol manufacturing process. Each of these facilities will be fueled by gasifying up to 1 billion pounds of cattle manure a year. By using a renewable fuel (cattle manure) to create a renewable fuel (ethanol), Panda is significantly reducing these facilities' exposure to natural gas prices, conserving the energy equivalent of 1,000 barrels of oil a day, providing increased price certainty for the cost of fuel, and creating a significant cost advantage depending on the prevailing price of natural gas. In addition, by disposing of the manure in a clean way, we are addressing a growing environmental hazard.

Panda is currently constructing its first bio-mass-fueled ethanol plant in Hereford, Texas. Once complete, the first-of-its-kind facility will be one of the most fuel-efficient ethanol refineries in the nation and the largest bio-mass-fueled ethanol plant in the United States.