EUR funds French UCO biodiesel company to develop demo facility

In France, the European Commission has awarded nearly EUR1.5 million from a total EUR2.44 million project led by a French UCO biodiesel company to Validate an eco-designed, compact and flexible demonstrator in order to produce competively-priced advanced biofuels derived from UCO and bioethanol that will eventually provide French local authorities’ transport fleets with locally-produced biofuel. The project will include construction of an eco-designed, compact and flexible 2 000 L/day demonstrator allowing the processing of UCOs with up to 50% acidity for biofuel production, eventually producing 245,000 liters of fuel throughout the project.