Driving Illinois Forward with Affordable, Clean Ethanol Solutions
The Illinois Renewable Fuels Association supports the Illinois ethanol industry by pursuing legislative initiatives, conducting research, and developing infrastructure – all so Illinois consumers can have cheaper, more environmentally friendly options at the pump!
Illinois Corn and Ethanol Production Average
- 13 ethanol plants
- 1.84 billion gallons of ethanol per year
- 2.3 billion bushel of corn per year
- 2.89 gallons of ethanol from 1 bushel
- 3.8 million tons of dried distillers grains and soluables produced worth $1.9 billion
- $4.4 billion in value of ethanol and distiller grains production
- $2.3 billion bushels of annual corn production
- 44,249 full time jobs
- $10.8 billion value of corn production
Illinois Ethanol Usage
- 4,124,400,000 gallons of motor gasoline
- 432,600,000 gallons of ethanol = 10.49% ethanol blend average
- 432,600,000 gallons of ethanol = 151 million bushel of corn
- Illinois ethanol consumption is equivalent to 22% of our state's overall ethanol production
