Aemetis’ Indian subsidiary processes first million pounds of enzymatic biodiesel

October 5, 2017 |

In California, Aemetis, Inc announced that its Universal Biofuels subsidiary in India has achieved a major milestone in the commercial production of advanced enzymatic biodiesel by processing one million pounds of low-cost waste feedstock unsuitable for use in traditional biodiesel production facilities and achieving high biodiesel yields by utilizing its advanced enzymatic biodiesel process. The production process utilized the first shipment of low-cost waste feedstock delivered to the Universal Biofuels plant by BP Singapore (BPS) pursuant to the three-year supply agreement signed by Aemetis and BPS in May 2017.

The 50 million gallon capacity Universal Biofuels plant, located on the East Coast of India, in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, developed the patent-pending advanced enzymatic biodiesel process technology, designed and built the advanced enzymatic biodiesel process reactors, and is now converting low-cost waste feedstock into high-quality distilled biodiesel. Production costs are lowered as the pretreatment conversion process uses less energy and fewer chemicals, such as methanol, than traditional biodiesel production processes. In addition to improved operating costs, the low capital cost of the Aemetis advanced enzymatic biodiesel process allows for widespread and low-cost adoption throughout the biodiesel industry by converting existing biodiesel plants.

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