Argent Energy scores $2.2 million for EU-funded UCO and waste fats biodiesel demo

In the UK, an international consortium led by Argent Energy has secured $2.2 million from Fast Track to Innovation (FTI) pilot scheme under Horizon2020 to recover waste oil and fats and then demonstrate cheaper, better, faster biodiesel production. Argent Energy was the country’s first large-scale commercial biodiesel producer and uses tallow as well as used cooking oil for most of its feedstock. The company’s biodiesel production facility near Motherwell, Scotland produces 50 million liters of fuel annually.