CF Industries, POET to demo the use of low-carbon fertilizer in corn production to reduce carbon intensity of ethanol

In Illinois, CF Industries Holdings, a global manufacturer of hydrogen and nitrogen products and the world’s largest producer of ammonia, and POET announced a collaboration to pilot the use of low-carbon ammonia fertilizer to reduce the carbon intensity of corn production and ethanol. 

The companies intend to jointly develop a low-carbon fertilizer supply chain to track, validate and certify carbon intensity reduction originating from low-carbon ammonia manufacturing at CF Industries’ Donaldsonville Complex in Louisiana, through ethanol production at POET’s locations in Bingham Lake, Emmetsburg, Fairmont and North Manchester.

“We are pleased to collaborate with POET on this important step forward in developing a low-carbon ethanol value chain that links low-carbon fertilizers to farmers to ethanol production,” said Bert Frost, executive vice president, sales, supply chain and market development, CF Industries. “Fertilizers manufactured with a lower carbon intensity provide a quantifiable and certifiable method of decarbonizing bioethanol inputs. We look forward to demonstrating these benefits not just for ethanol production but for corn growers as well.”

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