How To Make Biodiesel

Sep. 8–Vince Drendel of Evansville remembers when Rock County didn’t have many acres of soybeans. Drendel, 88, was the first president of the Wisconsin Soybean Association when it formed in 1972. He has seen cash crops grow in acreage and importance in southern Wisconsin. “Soybeans are awful [...]

London-listed China Biodiesel International’s net profit rose 38% to Yuan 37.1 million ($4.8 million) in 2006, from Yuan 27.1 million in 2005, owing to increased biodiesel production, the company said April 16. China Biodiesel’s biodiesel production rose 32% to 22,866 mt for the year. Most of the output was sold [...]

Mar. 13–Processing ethanol into methyl ester to make biodiesel is being considered as a way to absorb an oversupply of ethanol, according to Metta Buntherngsuk, the director-general of the Department of Energy Business. Local production of ethanol currently stands at 700,000 litres per day. But demand for ethanol to produce gasohol [...]

ConocoPhillips has struck a deal with US food giant Tyson Foods to convert beef , pork and chicken fat from Tyson rendering plants into an ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel at Conoco refineries, starting with the Borger plant in Texas. Production is expected to begin later this year, ramping up over the next 18 months to 175 [...]

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