Born in 2009 from a group of farmer-owned ethanol cooperatives, Guardian Energy turns locally grown Midwest corn into renewable fuel and useful animal-feed co-products. The company operates three production plants in Janesville and Lima, plus Hankinson, under a management team based in Prior Lake, and processes about 50 million bushels of corn each year. Its dry-mill operation also recovers corn oil and produces low-carbon-intensity ethanol from corn fiber.
Pennsylvania Grain Processing, LLCIn Clearfield, Pennsylvania Grain Processing turns corn into renewable ethanol and livestock feed, with a dry-mill operation that also recovers corn oil and captures carbon dioxide for neighboring uses. The plant processes more than 40 million bushels of grain a year and supplies farmers and feed mills across Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic. Its work connects regional corn purchasing with fuel production and agricultural feed markets.CLEARFIELD, PA
ETP LLCFamily-owned ETP LLC has been part of the Midwest fuel-additive industry since opening in 1977, when it became one of the region’s early manufacturers and suppliers in the field. From Bremen, Indiana, it develops customized fuel treatments for customers across the United States, with its own manufacturing operation and laboratory supporting fuel suppliers and commercial operators.MONROE, OH
The Andersons, IncThe Andersons began in Maumee, Ohio, in 1947 as a family-operated truck terminal and has since grown into a publicly traded Fortune 500 company rooted in agriculture. Its broad operating network now connects growers and other customers with grain markets while supporting the renewable fuels economy. More than 75 years later, the company still describes service and enduring relationships as central to its way of doing business.MAUMEE, OH
SGP BioEnergy Holdings, LLCFounded by Caribbean-born entrepreneur Randy Delbert Letang, SGP BioEnergy develops integrated bioenergy systems that turn sustainably sourced biomass into renewable fuels and other net-zero energy products. Its planned SGP Net-Zero Biorefinery is designed around a first-phase capacity of 60,000 barrels per day, connected to feedstock logistics and commercialization operations. Through its READY.GROW. program, the company also centers industrial hemp and traceable, ISCC-certified feedstocks while partnering with farmers and communities to expand agricultural opportunity.New York, NY