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Bangor, MI biodiesel plant, just a year old, running at only 1/6th capacity

That screen grab to the right of this text tells you everything you need to know about the reason Michigan's first biodiesel plant is still in operation, but only barely. The plant opened with a splash just over a year ago, and was supposed to make 10 million gallons of the biofuel a year. Today, the plant is operating at just 1/6th capacity and most of the plant's employee's are on "hiatus." The reason for the slowdown is that the cost of raw materials (in this case, soybeans) is climbing to the point where it has become uneconomical to make ... Read more →

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