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A POET ethanol plant has a considerable positive effect on a community. It delivers a big impact during the construction phase and then keeps giving in the form of jobs, taxes, increased demand for corn and of course the products it delivers, ethanol and distillers grains. Better yet, a POET ethanol plant drives long-term economic development throughout its community and region.

Of course, the financial picture is only one way to look at it. Visit any of the 24 communities where POET operates - from our headquarters in Sioux Falls to POET Ethanol Products' operations in Wichita to the six states where we make ethanol - and you'll meet people with new enthusiasm about their prospects. With economic security comes peace of mind and hope. With a key role producing clean, renewable, domestic energy comes pride.

Each year, a typical 60 MGPY ethanol plant built and operated by POET will:

Consume approximately 21 million bushels of corn
Produce 60 million gallons of ethanol
Produce 178,000 tons of Dakota Gold Enhanced Nutrition Distillers Products™
Create approximately 40 jobs
Provide an annual payroll of about $1.8 million
Drive revenues of restaurants, hotels, entertainment, etc.




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