BioCube passes initial tests; compact biodiesel processor moves to Papua New Guinea for field trials

In Australia, BioCube has successfully completed testing at The Biofuel Partnerships Research and Development Centre in Queensland and is now being shipped to Papua New Guinea for 6-10 weeks of field trials in Lae, in an area that can provide coconut and jatropha feedstock. BioCube is a compact, fully integrated, community-sized biodiesel processor that can process high quality biodiesel from a wide variety of feedstock. The first manufactured units of the BioCube are scheduled for delivery by end Q1 2010.

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