- Volume 18 Issue 1 -
By Jeff Broin, POET Founder and CEO
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HOW POET’S TERMINALS KEEP BIOPRODUCTS MOVING
By Susanne Retka Schill
In recent years, POET has acquired four terminals that enhance the company’s ability to market and distribute its bioproducts to customers throughout the U.S. and around the world — but they all play very different roles.
POET ANNOUNCES A COLLABORATION WITH TALLGRASS TO ADVANCE ITS CARBON CAPTURE GOALS
Trailblazing Through the Heartland
By Erin Branick, POET Media Manager
In an exciting step for continued innovation in bioethanol production, POET, the world’s largest biofuel producer, has announced a groundbreaking partnership with Tallgrass, a leading infrastructure company. Through this collaboration, POET’s bioprocessing facility in Fairmont, Nebraska, will connect to the Tallgrass Trailblazer carbon dioxide (CO2) pipeline, paving the way for permanent underground carbon sequestration in Wyoming. This collaboration isn’t just about safely storing carbon; it’s about creating new opportunities for agriculture, bioethanol, and rural communities.
WHAT EVERY DRIVER NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT THIS LOWER-COST, HIGH-PERFORMANCE FUEL
By Matt Merritt
In June of 2011, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued the first bioethanol waiver in more than 30 years, giving Americans the opportunity to use a new fuel called “E15.” Since then, the 15% bioethanol blend has seen steady growth in the nation’s fuel supply. Today, it is available at more than 3,700 retail locations in 33 states and has fueled more than 100 billion miles driven by American consumers.
WHILE AN EMERGENCY WAIVER SECURES E15 FOR SUMMER 2025, THE INDUSTRY PUSHES FOR A PERMANENT FIX
By Matt Ward, POET Senior Manager of Government Affairs
As lawmakers worked to avoid a government shutdown at the end of 2024, a major opportunity to secure year-round sales of E15 slipped through the cracks. Originally included in a bipartisan Continuing Resolution (CR) package spearheaded by Senators Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), as well as Representatives Adrian Smith (R-Neb.) and Angie Craig (D-Minn.), the E15 legislative fix had widespread support from congressional leadership and industry stakeholders.
COMPANY VALUES AREN’T JUST FOR SHOW AT POET
POET Bioprocessing – Caro Stands out for Culture
By Andrea Van Essen
In an industry where efficiency and technical skills can easily take precedence over personal benefits, POET’s bioprocessing facility in Caro, Michigan has built a culture appreciated by team members and the local community alike.
POET HELPS DAIRY FARMS CONVERT METHANE INTO CLEAN ENERGY
By Ryan Turpin
Since its inception in 1987, POET has been creating practical solutions to big problems at the intersection of energy and agriculture. Now the company has risen to that challenge once again, but in a new way, handling the engineering, procurement, and construction of a waste-to-energy system serving a cluster of dairy farms near Estelline, South Dakota.
COLUMNS
Out of Left FieldFunflation
By Scott Johnson, A Thinker of Thoughts (and POET Data Systems Administrator)
Mechanics Corner
Engine Cooling with Bioethanol
By Dr. Andrew Randolph, Technical Fellow at Richard Childress Racing
In Sight
Fueling Freedom with Homegrown E15
By Jeff Broin, POET Founder and CEO
DEPARTMENTS
POET PACBiofuels Champion
By Paige Lindgren, POET Director of Public Affairs
Policy Corner
Full Throttle on E15
By Matt Ward, POET Senior Manager of Government Affairs
People of POET
Kindness Coordinator
By Holly Jessen
FOCUS ON E15
Policy CornerFull Throttle on E15
By Matt Ward, POET Senior Manager of Government Affairs
E15 Explained
By Matt Merritt
In Sight
Fueling Freedom with Homegrown E15
By Jeff Broin, POET Founder and CEO
