BDI-BioEnergy Int'l contracted to optimize Calif. biodiesel plant
Photo: Crimson Renewable Energy LP
October 21, 2014
BY Ron Kotrba
Austrian biodiesel technology provider BDI-BioEnergy International AG announced it has signed a contract with Bakersfield, Calif.-based biodiesel producer Crimson Renewable Energy LP to increase plant capacity to 75,000 tons (22.5 million gallons) per year and modernize its process. BDI says the retrofit project will allow waste materials to be processed more efficiently and more sustainably into high-quality, ultra-low carbon biodiesel.
According to BDI, this plant optimization project represents the next milestone in the eight-step BDI RetroFit program “One Stop Shop” that BDI began work on in 2013 with Crimson to develop the necessary technical data and basic engineering for the project to improve Crimson’s biodiesel production operations.
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