The Renewable Fuels Association today welcomed Navigator CO₂ Ventures as an associate member. Navigator CO₂ Ventures provides comprehensive carbon capture services, including product gathering, transportation and sequestration.

The company’s Heartland Greenway project is an industrial-scale carbon capture system spanning Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, and South Dakota, that will provide biorefineries and other industrial participants a long-term, economic path to materially reduce their carbon footprint by capturing and transporting CO₂ through 1,200 miles of pipe to a permanent sequestration site.

“Carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration is an important part of the industry’s strategy for ensuring ethanol reaches net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 or sooner,” said RFA President and CEO Geoff Cooper. “Innovators like Navigator CO₂ Ventures will play a crucial role in helping ethanol producers continue to shrink their carbon footprint, and the company’s expertise will be a welcome addition to our family of members. We look forward to having them at the table with us.”

“As an Iowa farm girl myself, I’m proud to be part of a project that will help provide longevity for ethanol facilities and value-added ag processors in our rural communities across the Midwest,” said Elizabeth Burns-Thompson, Vice-President of Government and Public Affairs for Navigator CO₂. “We know that successful industries are built off strong partnerships, which is why we are proud to be joining the RFA in support of their efforts to ensure the long-term growth of low-carbon renewable fuels.”

Click here for more information on the value of an RFA membership and click here for a list of current members. RFA’s associate members participate in industry events and networking opportunities; receive routine updates on legislative, market development, membership, education and outreach, technical and research, and communications issues; and inclusion in the member directories. They also can participate in RFA’s Technical, Environmental, Health & Safety, and Co-Products Committees and provide input on RFA policy, activities, and priorities.