BDI – BioEnergy commissions next phase of Argent Energy upgrade

In Austria, as part of the major British project, BDI – BioEnergy International AG has been commissioned with implementation of the next phase of construction.

Within seven months of project starting on the BDI “High-FFA Esterification Unit”, Argent Energy Limited (Motherwell, Scotland, a subsidiary of John Swire and Sons Ltd.) commissioned the second phase. With its order for the supply of a Multi-Feedstock plant, the customer is focusing again on the process-based expertise of the Austrian plant engineering specialist and thus continues its successful partnership.

The construction of the BDI “High-FFA Esterification Unit” commissioned in January 2015 will make it possible to convert commercial and industrial waste fats that have a very high free fatty acid (FFA) content into an intermediate biodiesel product. The BDI Multi-Feedstock plant uses the latest technology to process the intermediate product thus produced into standard-compliant, second generation, high-quality biodiesel. Apart from this, this technology also renders it possible to make use of further most difficult raw materials.