Blue Flint Ethanol LLC

What Blue Flint Ethanol LLC does

Blue Flint Ethanol LLC is an industrial corn ethanol biorefinery operating a single manufacturing facility in Underwood, North Dakota. The facility converts locally-sourced corn into ethanol fuel and distillers grains (an animal feed co-product), and incorporates carbon capture as part of the production process. It operates as a privately-held LLC and is positioned as a flagship facility within the Harvestone Low Carbon Partners network, which also includes the Dakota Spirit and IBEC facilities and provides shared operational, sustainability, and commercial infrastructure across the platform.

The company's revenue model is transaction-based: it sells ethanol to fuel distributors and blenders for renewable fuel blending, and sells distillers grains to livestock feed buyers. On the supply side, it purchases corn from regional growers via a posted cash-bid procurement system. Pricing for both grain procurement and ethanol/distillers grains offtake is not publicly disclosed and is quoted on inquiry. The go-to-market is sales-led and B2B, leveraging the parent Harvestone Low Carbon Partners website and a digital cash-bid portal for procurement, with no direct retail or consumer channel.

Blue Flint's strategic positioning is built on three pillars: (1) local corn sourcing providing a regional logistics and supply advantage, (2) carbon capture capability supporting low-carbon fuel qualification and alignment with federal Renewable Fuel Standard and low-carbon fuel programs, and (3) integration within the Harvestone Low Carbon Partners multi-facility network providing operational scale and offtake flexibility. Public financial information — revenue, capacity figures, funding history, headcount trends, and management details — is not disclosed in the available source material, and listed employee count (11) is unusually low for an operating ethanol plant, suggesting shared services under the parent entity.

Name

Blue Flint Ethanol LLC

Legal name

Blue Flint Ethanol LLC

Website

https://blueflintethanol.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Blue Flint Ethanol LLC operates a corn ethanol biorefinery with carbon capture in Underwood, North Dakota, producing ethanol fuel and distillers grains for fuel distributors, blenders, and livestock feed buyers as part of the Harvestone Low Carbon Partners network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Renewable Fuel Manufacturing

NAICS

Ethyl Alcohol Manufacturing (325193)

akta.pro primary industry

Grain & Sugar-Based Ethanol Production (EUAAAHAA)

Keywords

• Corn ethanol production
• Renewable fuel manufacturing
• Distillers grains feed
• Carbon capture ethanol
• Low carbon biofuel

Headquarters

HQ city

North Dakota

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Personnel, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Ethanol Fuel Sales: Sale of corn-derived ethanol as a renewable fuel product to distributors and blenders
2. Distillers Grains: Sale of distillers grains, a byproduct of ethanol production used as animal feed

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Blue Flint Ethanol LLC operates an industrial-scale biorefinery that converts locally-grown corn into clean-burning ethanol fuel through a fermentation and distillation process. The facility also captures carbon emissions as part of its production process and sells distillers grains, a high-protein byproduct, as animal feed. Output is sold through direct industrial channels to fuel distributors, blenders, and livestock feed buyers.

Product overview

Blue Flint Ethanol LLC operates as an ethanol production facility under Harvestone Low Carbon Partners. The company transforms locally-grown corn into clean-burning ethanol fuel through biorefining, while simultaneously capturing carbon for a sustainable energy future. The single core product offering is Blue Flint Ethanol, which serves the renewable energy and low-carbon fuel markets.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Corn-Derived Ethanol Fuel Ethanol fuel produced from locally-grown corn through a biorefining process that incorporates carbon capture for sustainable, low-carbon renewable fuel output. Sold to fuel distributors and blenders serving renewable fuel and ethanol blend markets.
• Distillers Grains High-protein distillers grains byproduct of the corn ethanol production process, sold as animal feed ingredient to livestock producers and feed buyers.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Harvestone Low Carbon PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBlue Flint Ethanol is a flagship facility under Harvestone Low Carbon Partners, an integrated network of ethanol biorefineries focused on low-carbon renewable fuel production and carbon capture. The parent company provides operational oversight, sustainability frameworks, and shared resources across its facility network including Dakota Spirit and IBEC.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Marquis Energy: Privately-held corn ethanol producer in Illinois operating multiple facilities with similar mid-size scale profile to Blue Flint. Comparable on regional corn sourcing model and distillers grains byproduct economics.
• Green Plains Inc. Publicly traded ethanol producer with ~1 billion gallons of annual capacity and a stated focus on low-carbon and high-protein ingredient transformation. Closely comparable on carbon capture / low-carbon ethanol positioning, similar to Blue Flint's strategic direction under Harvestone.
• Valero Renewable Fuels: Valero's ethanol segment operates ~1.2 billion gallons of capacity across multiple plants. Directly comparable as a corn ethanol producer with similar regulatory and commodity exposure, though operating as part of a much larger refining parent.
• Gevo: Corn ethanol and isobutanol producer with a stated focus on SAF and renewable hydrocarbon production. Comparable to Blue Flint on corn-based renewable fuel production, but with a stronger premium-product / SAF commercialization pathway.
• Aemetis: California-based low-carbon ethanol and renewable fuels company with operational carbon capture at its Keyes plant. The closest strategic analog to Blue Flint on the carbon capture + corn ethanol combination, though operating in a different geography.
• POET: The largest ethanol producer in the US with ~2.5 billion gallons of annual capacity across multiple Midwest plants. Directly comparable as a corn ethanol producer with proprietary technology and integrated biorefining, though at vastly larger scale than Blue Flint.

Others

• ICM Inc. Leading designer and builder of ethanol production facilities and technology provider. Comparable to Blue Flint as a key industry infrastructure enabler, but operates as a technology/services provider rather than an ethanol producer.

Broad incumbents

• Archer Daniels Midland (ADM): Global agricultural conglomerate with significant corn ethanol production alongside its grain handling and processing businesses. Overlaps with Blue Flint on ethanol production but operates at vastly greater scale and across many other commodity businesses.
• Cargill: Global agribusiness with involvement in corn origination and biofuel supply chains, including past investments in ethanol capacity. Comparable as a corn-to-renewable-fuel participant with broader commodity and trading exposure, but not a standalone ethanol operator.

Emerging players

• LanzaTech: Carbon capture biotech that converts industrial emissions into ethanol and SAF feedstocks. Thematically comparable to Blue Flint's carbon capture + ethanol positioning, but uses a different (gas fermentation) technology pathway.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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