Dallas: Frontier Infrastructure Holdings LLC, a portfolio company of Tailwater Capital and a major developer of low-carbon infrastructure in the Mountain West and Texas, has announced a strategic partnership with Gevo, Inc. and its Verity platform. The collaboration aims to create North America’s first fully integrated carbon management platform for ethanol producers, covering everything from carbon capture to permanent storage and tax credit processing, reports PR Newswire.
The project will use Frontier’s Sweetwater Carbon Storage Hub in Wyoming, which features the country’s deepest Class VI carbon storage well and nearly 100,000 acres of storage space. Gevo will provide its expertise in bioenergy carbon capture and storage (BECCS) along with its Verity digital tracking system. Combined with Union Pacific Railroad’s CO₂ transportation network, ethanol producers will gain quick access to carbon management infrastructure without relying on pipelines.
“Working with Gevo and Verity removes the main obstacles ethanol producers face in managing carbon,” said Steven Lowenthal, Co-CEO of Frontier Infrastructure. “With rail transportation, proven storage, and clear tracking, facilities can start benefiting from their CO₂ streams in about two years, rather than waiting much longer with other methods.”
The platform targets more than 200 ethanol facilities across North America, which together produce around 70 million tons of high-purity CO₂ each year. Its rail-based approach is especially helpful for the 60% of ethanol plants located more than 50 miles from planned pipeline routes. For these producers, the Frontier-Gevo solution offers the first commercially practical way to manage carbon, helping them compete for premium low-carbon fuel contracts and meet evolving sustainability standards.
Alongside the announcement, Frontier confirmed it has begun work on the Granger Carbon Terminal (GCT), a key facility that will transfer CO₂ from rail to trucks and connect to the Sweetwater Hub for storage. Phase I, expected to open by 2027, will handle 500,000 metric tons of CO₂ annually, with potential expansion to 2 million tons depending on demand.
Using Frontier’s existing facilities and the Union Pacific Railroad network, the GCT will serve as the central hub for Frontier’s “Stack to Sequestration” CO₂-by-rail solution. Leading ethanol producers, including Midwestern Renewable Energy, have already committed as initial anchor clients.
“This partnership changes the economics and timeline for carbon management in the ethanol industry,” said Jim Jandain, CEO of Midwestern Renewable Energy. “Having rail transport, permanent storage, and Verity’s digital verification in one solution means we can move from planning to operation in under two years. For us, it’s about securing our place in the low-carbon fuel market while the opportunity exists.”
