Big biodiesel manufacturing facility opens in Washington
It seems that biofuels are becoming the solution to recover old factories or creating jobs in forgotten places. Such is the time for Grays Harbor, once known for timber, now hosting the States' biggest biodiesel manufacturing facility. Imperium Renewables formally inaugurated the plant Wednesday. It's estimated that 50 to 60 jobs will be directly created by the factory.The plant, able to produce up to 100 million gallons of biodiesel per year, (They claim it's the biggest, buy maybe not. See 105 in Houston and 120 in Florida) is opening with concerns about securing raw materials (oil) and the lower usage of diesel in US vehicles. Nevertheless, Imperium Renewables announced that Royal Caribbean Cruises plans to buy 15 to 18 million gallons annually, which secures an important part of the production.
The facility is built close to the sea, to guarantee easy supply of palm oil coming from Indonesia and Malaysia (oh, oh... I hope not this one) and easy shipping via rail to Oregon and California.
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[Source: Seattle Times]
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Montana 6:29PM (3/23/2009)
Great article. I believe we need to invest as much as possible into renewables. That is why the company I work for, Discount Capital Corp, has opened a "Green Lending" division to help manufacturers like Imperium Renewables reach the scale they need to start taking over some market share. If it helps anyone who reads this you can find our green lending page at http://www.discountcapital.com/eco.html or for just bio diesel at http://www.discountcapital.com/green-financing/bio-diesel.html
Just also want to say this is a great looking site! Glad I found it, *BOOKMARKED*
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NickTDI 9:08PM (8/17/2007)
These guys at Imperium/SeattleBiodiesel are amazing! They broke ground on 10/2006 and ten months later they are making bio fuel on a huge scale.
For the next 18 months they will be using canadian canola oil as their source -- not palm oil from asia. I use the Seattle product in my TDI and it's great.
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