India’s Naturol Bioenergy commences US, EU exports from 30 Mgy biodiesel plant in Hyderabad

In India, Naturol Bioenergy has commenced biodiesel exports from its 30 Mgy facility in Kakinada, Hyderabad. The company said that it is exporting to the US and EU from the $29 million project. Cleancities Biodiesel is also shipping biodiesel to the US from a 65 Mgy plant in Visakhapatnam which cost $41 million to construct. The national government recently released a 20 percent biodiesel target for 2017 but blending activities are limited at this time for biodiesel.

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