Carbery group’s dairy by-product supplies all of Ireland’s ethanol: can’t expand due to EU dairy production quotas

In Ireland, the Carbery Group is supplying 660,000 gallons of whey-based ethanol to Maxol for use in the oil company’s E5 and E85 blends. The whey by-product accounts for all of Ireland’s ethanol supply, making Ireland the only ethanol-consuming country in Europe not importing its product from Brazil. As a by-product of the company’s milk and dairy production, the carbon footprint of cultivation is accounted for in the dairy production, making the whey nearly carbon-free in terms of greenhouse gas emissions. Carbery said that it cannot increase production due to EU dairy production quotas and production caps.

Maxol replaced unleaded gasoline with with an E5 blend at 150 Maxol service stations across Ireland in August. The fuel retails at the same price as standard unleaded petrol. The switch came after a successful E5 test at 24 Maxol facilities earlier this year.

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