Valero Linden Plant

Large load · 203 WEST 1100 NORTH, Linden, IN

Valero's Linden plant sits on about 80 acres roughly 60 miles northwest of Indianapolis in Montgomery County, Indiana. The plant produces fuel ethanol, distillers grains livestock feed, and fuel- and feed-grade corn oil. Valero's plant page lists about 60 employees, 140,000 million gallons per year of ethanol production capacity, 368,000 tons per year of dried distillers grains and 49 million bushels per year of corn processing capacity. Corn is purchased from within 50 miles of the plant, and the plant was originally started up in August 2007 before Valero acquired it in January 2010 from VeraSun Energy.

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The Linden plant turns corn into ethanol, dried and modified distillers grains sold as livestock feed, and corn oil for renewable diesel or biodiesel. Valero's fact sheet lists about 47 million bushels of corn processed per year and says the entire kernel of corn is processed. The plant page says the Linden plant has been recognized under the U.S. EPA Efficient Producer Program for superior process efficiency. Valero also describes the plant as one of its 14 ethanol plants in the U.S., which together process hundreds of millions of bushels of corn each year.

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Carbon capture project with Vault 44.01: Valero is advancing a carbon capture and sequestration project at the Linden ethanol facility in collaboration with Vault 44.01, centered on a Class VI geologic storage site. The project captures biogenic carbon dioxide from the fermentation process and sends it to a dedicated injection well. CarbonStorage lists the project at 405,000 metric tons per year, with a status of in development. Vault 44.01 leads development of the transportation and storage infrastructure, including permitting, construction and long-term operation of the Linden sequestration asset.

Indiana air permit reporting: The Linden plant operates under an IDEM Part 70 operating permit, and its operator, Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC, files semiannual compliance reports with the state. A report dated January 23, 2026 covers the six-month period from July through December 2025, and a quarterly compliance report for October through December 2025 carries a January 2026 date. The plant has maintained a leak detection and repair system since October 2007, and the January 2026 filings cover its Part 70 monitoring for 2025. The quarterly report covers October through December 2025 and includes a monitoring report dated January 6, 2026.