NOVELTY - An integrated continuous process for production of ethanol and self generating energy involves a) fermenting mash in aqueous medium to produce beer; b) distilling beer to produce ethanol and remainder; c) digesting mixture containing remainder anaerobically in digester tank to produce biogas and residue; d) combusting biogas to produce electricity and steam; e) utilizing steam produced; and f) utilizing electricity produced by combustion during the step of fermenting the mash.    USE - For production of ethanol and self generating energy on a commercial scale after an initial process start-up (claimed), and conversion of ethanol production co-products (i.e. whole stillage, wet distillers' grain with solubles, and distillers dried grain with solubles) to energy.    ADVANTAGE - The process has potential for increasing the net energy value for ethanol by 9.6 times; significantly reduces the reliance of the ethanol industry on natural gas; significantly reduces the financial exposure of the ethanol industry to two commodities with volatile pricing, natural gas and distiller's dried grains and solubles (DDGS); allows for the production of ammonia fertilizer from the whole stillage containing approximately 20% protein, which is high in nitrogen; reduces volatile organic compounds (VOC) emissions from ethanol facilities by eliminating the source of the VOC (i.e. drying the whole stillage) and reduces greenhouse gas emissions by creating the energy necessary for ethanol production from a renewable source (i.e. corn); and eliminates the need for natural gas in the ethanol production process and reduces the electrical requirement by 75%. The energy reduction is achieved because natural gas is produced internally in the process through anaerobic digestion and electricity is also produced internally to the process.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An integrated continuous process for production of ethanol and self generating energy involves a) fermenting a mash in an aqueous medium to produce a beer; b) distilling the beer to produce ethanol and remainder; c) digesting a mixture containing the remainder anaerobically in a digester tank to produce biogas and residue; d) combusting the biogas to produce electricity and steam; e) utilizing steam produced by combustion during the steps of fermenting and distilling to produce the ethanol; and f) utilizing electricity produced by the combustion during the step of fermenting the mash; where the biogas is up to 11.6 million British thermal units (BTUs) of methane per dry ton of the remainder anaerobically digested with the steam produced by step (d) is sufficient to provide, after the initial start up of the integrated continuous process, all the steam of step (e) used to produce the ethanol and the remainder of step (b). An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for an integrated system for the production of ethanol and self generating energy on a commercial scale after an initial process start-up comprising an ethanol facility producing ethanol, where the production of ethanol include at least fermenting and distilling to produce ethanol and a stillage by-product; an anaerobic digester facility having at least an anaerobic digester, where the stillage by-product from the ethanol facility is included in a mixture digested by the anaerobic digester to produce biogas and a residue; generator facility for combusting biogas to produce electricity and steam; utilizing steam produced by the generator facility in the ethanol facility during fermentation and distillation; and utilizing electricity produced by the generator facility in the ethanol facility during fermentation, the amount of biogas is up to 11.6 million BTUs of methane per dry ton of the stillage by-product anaerobically digested with the steam produced is sufficient to provide, after the initial start up of the process, all the steam used to produce the ethanol and stillage by-product.