Gushan, China's largest biodiesel maker, readying large plant in Shanghai
Earlier this year, Gushan Environmental Energy Limited reached an annual biodiesel production capacity of 240,000 tons with a new plant in Beijing. At the time, Gushan said they hoped to reach an annual capacity of 400,000 tons by the end of 2008. They are now getting 50,000 tons closer.
Gushan started building a new biodiesel facility in Shanghai yesterday, and the 50,000-ton plant will help cement Gushan's place as China's largest biodiesel producer (by annual production capacity). Two more plants (30,000 tons each) are scheduled to open later this year, and the Beijing plant will be expanded by 50,000 tons. Gushan biodiesel's main feedstocks are "vegetable oil offal and used cooking oil." That's how the press release reads. Since offal usually means waste animal parts (or a delicacy, depending on where you live), I'm not sure if there is a comma missing or if the company is using the word to mean waste veggie oil. We'll see what Gushan's PR people can tell me.
[Source: Gushan Environmental Energy Limited]
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GoodCheer 1:46PM (7/01/2008)
It's cool to see large scale production finding interest.
Diesel has a density of about .85 kg/l (Wikipedia), so 240,000 tons = 282,000 l = 75,000 gal.
A little under 1,800 barrels per year.
The US imports 12,000,000 barrels PER DAY.
Just for some perspective.
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A.Brien 1:56PM (7/01/2008)
They are provoking a foods shortage to save approximately 0.5% petroluem consumption.
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