North Carolina fund awards $50,000 for brown grease biofuel facility project

In North Carolina, the 2009 N.C. Green Business Fund awarded $50,000 for a Greater Charlotte Region Biofuel Facility that will develop a facility to convert brown grease —± or trap grease — into biofuel.

Almost all waste grease biodiesel operations in the US, to date, have focused on yellow greases — but brown grease, according to the Business Fund, is responsible for a majority of sewage overflows for the Charlotte water department.  The state fund provides assistance for biofuels, energy efficiency and cleantech purposes.

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