Biodiesel Business

December 06, 2013

Greenleaf Biofuels hits production milestone at New Haven plant

BY Greenleaf Biofuels LLC Greenleaf Biofuels LLC announced in December that, as of Oct. 31, the company produced its 1 millionth gallon of biodiesel. In commercial production at its New Haven, Conn., terminal location since this summer, reaching this milestone was a key goal. READ MORE

November 26, 2013

JV acquires control of former Inland Empire Oilseeds plant

BY TransMessis Columbia Plateau LLC TransMessis Columbia Plateau LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of TransMessis Renewable Energy Inc., has closed an approximately $6 million restructuring of the integrated canola crushing and biodiesel production operation in Odessa, Wash. READ MORE

November 25, 2013

Patriot ethanol plant adding Jatrodiesel biodiesel process unit

BY Ron KotrbaPatriot Renewable Fuels, a 120 MMgy ethanol plant in Annawan, Ill., will be installing a new supercritical biodiesel processing unit from Miamisburg, Ohio-based Jatrodiesel to convert its distillers corn oil into 5 MMgy of biodiesel. READ MORE

November 21, 2013

Biodiesel industry elects governing board, officers, new chairman

BY The National Biodiesel Board National Biodiesel Board members selected their association leadership as part of the organization's membership meeting in Washington, D.C., this month. Members voted to fill eight positions on the 15-person board and new officers were elected. READ MORE

November 18, 2013

Tri-State, LARD purchase Bridgeport Biodiesel; upgrades planned

BY Tri-State Biodiesel New York City-based Tri-State Biodiesel and its parent company, The Sustainable Biodiesel Company, have partnered with New Jersey-based Lard-NABF LLC to purchase and upgrade the Connecticut-based biodiesel production business, Bridgeport Biodiesel. READ MORE

November 11, 2013

Ill. ethanol plant to co-locate biodiesel production on-site

BY Adkins Energy LLC Adkins Energy LLC has been awarded a $500,000 Rural Energy for America Program grant to begin construction on a $4.5 million biodiesel plant on the east side of its Lena, Ill., campus. The 2 MMgy facility is expected to begin production spring 2014. READ MORE

November 08, 2013

Mewah Int'l to acquire 30 MMgy biodiesel plant in Malaysia

BY Ron KotrbaMalaysian palm oil refiner Mewah International Inc. announced it has agreed to purchase biodiesel assets from Gomedic Sdn. Bhd for $13 million. The assets include 25,055 square meters of land and a 30 MMgy biodiesel production facility. READ MORE

November 05, 2013

REG reports record biodiesel gallons sold in Q3 financials

BY Renewable Energy Group Inc. REG sold 77.6 million gallons of biodiesel in Q3, an increase of 26 percent compared to Q3 in 2012. Revenues of $458.4 million increased 42 percent year over year. REG achieved adjusted EBITDA of $48.9 million and gross profit of $57.8 million. READ MORE

November 01, 2013

Darling International completes acquisition of Rothsay

BY Ron KotrbaDarling International completed its acquisition of Rothsay, the rendering and biodiesel division of Maple Leaf Foods Inc. The purchase price for the transaction was approximately $619 million in cash. Plans for the purchase were announced in August. READ MORE