A first-of-its kind project on the grounds of ADM’s corn processing plant in central Illinois has successfully captured and stored one million metric tons of carbon from ethanol production.
The Illinois Basin-Decatur Project funded through the Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium utilized 20,000 feet of wells to inject carbon dioxide from ADM’s processing plant 7,200 feet underground over three years.
Principal Investigator for the Project Sallie Greenberg tells Brownfield it is the first project in the world to demonstrate bio energy carbon capture and storage (BECCS) from an industrial source
“We’ve had more than 2,000 visitors from 30 countries visit these projects.
