Xenerga, Indiana Flex Fuels to open 5 Mgy waste oil biodiesel plant in Indiana

In Indiana, Xenerga will open a 5 Mgy biodiesel plant in LaPorte next month, as a joint venture with Indiana Flex Fuels. Xenerga targets small regional plants, recruits a local investor vase, secures permitting, constructs the plant and tranins the staff. The plants use waste oils and animal fats as feedstocks, and distribute product locally to reduce transportation and logistics issues.

Earlier this week, Green Fuels has proposed a 20 Mgy biodiesel plant on a 32-acre site in Fulton County, Indiana. The company has requested a rezoning hearing with the County to advance the project. The proposed feedstock for the new facility was not disclosed.

Indiana has been more widely known as a corn ethanol state, however there has been significant efforts in biodiesel in the past year. Benefuel and Seymour Biofuels will invest $25 million to build a 10 Mgy solid-catalyst biodiesel plant in Seymour that will open in 2010. Solid-catalyst biodiesel uses a solid acid reactor to convert a wide variety of fats and oils into biodiesel without extensive pre-processing.

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