BDI-BioEnergy opens Bakersfield next-generation biodiesel facility

In Austria, BDI-BioEnergy International has opened a next-generation biodiesel production plant in Bakersfield, California. The key innovation: the patented RepCAT technology with a recyclable catalyst. BDI-BioEnergy International is a specialist in technology development and plant construction for biodiesel from Styria, Austria.

Following successful projects in Vienna, Hong Kong and London, BDI-BioEnergy International GmbH has now brought its new RepCAT technology to the USA. In partnership with Crimson Renewable Energy Holdings, LLC – the largest low-carbon biodiesel producer in the Western United States, including California – BDI has built a new biodiesel plant in Bakersfield featuring the RepCAT technology. The plant will mainly operate with waste oils and fats collected in the local region, especially from central and southern California metro areas. The feedstock comes from restaurants, industrial kitchens and food processors, and rendering facilities.