Groundbreaking Whitefox ICE XL Solution Achieves 50% Steam Savings for Western Plains Energy | PR Newswire [Video]

Western Plains Energy has upgraded their Bioethanol Production Facility with a fully integrated Whitefox® membrane solution in a quest to become a net-zero emissions producer

, /PRNewswire/ — Whitefox Technologies is pleased to announce the successful installation of the Whitefox ICE® XL membrane dehydration system at Western Plains Energy LLC ethanol plant in Oakley, Kansas.

Whitefox is at the forefront of advanced dehydration technology, and this is the first installation in the USA of the new ICE® XL membrane solution. 

The solution enables Western Plains to achieve:

• 50% reduction in natural gas and steam;
• 25% increase in production capacity;
• Reduction in operational costs.

Together, this significantly advances Western Plains towards Net Zero by reducing their carbon intensity score by  more than a 10% reduction.

Derek Peine, [CEO, Western Plains Energy] commented,“The Whitefox ICE® XL system is a fully integrated solution within our distillation, dehydration and evaporation (DD&E) unit operations. It fully replaces the molecular sieves, with a proprietary membrane system, providing …