Cardinal Ethanol
Cardinal Ethanol, LLC: A US-based producer and marketer of ethanol, dried distillers grains, and corn oil.
Founded
2005Cardinal Ethanol, LLC: A US-based producer and marketer of ethanol, dried distillers grains, and corn oil.
Cardinal Ethanol operates a two-plant footprint with annual capacity above 200 million gallons across Union City, Indiana and Colwich, Kansas. Sites ship on CSX, BNSF, and Union Pacific rail lines, giving outbound ethanol and co-products direct access to major freight corridors.
At Union City the company captures biogenic carbon dioxide for sequestration under an EPA Class VI permit held by its One Carbon Partnership joint venture with Vault 44.01. Deep decarbonization of the fuel supply positions Cardinal among the lowest-carbon-intensity Midwest ethanol producers.
Source: cardinalethanol.com
Demand growth for low-carbon fuels keeps pulling ethanol into renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel supply chains, widening outlets for Cardinal Ethanol production beyond conventional gasoline blending. Clean fuel credits, including the 45Z production tax credit and 45Q sequestration credit, directly shape plant economics as described on the company investor page.
The company has moved its carbon dioxide stream from commercial sales into geologic storage through the One Carbon Partnership joint venture. That shift ties future margin capture to carbon-intensity scores and sequestration-backed credit revenue.
Source: cardinalethanol.com
Cardinal Ethanol produces fuel-grade ethanol along with distillers feed co-products, distiller corn oil, and grain marketing services at its Union City, Indiana and Colwich, Kansas plants. Feed offerings span more than 320,000 tons of distillers grains annually, including high-protein products sold as HiPro CFP and Protomax.
The company also markets corn and soybean grain on behalf of local producers across both sites. Ethanol moves to fuel blenders while co-products reach dairy, poultry, and swine feed markets in the United States and abroad.
Source: cardinalethanol.com