Ethanol Byproduct for Biodiesel
Monday, November 06, 2006
Until this blog is "under construction" and fine tunning it's articles, here are more Biodiesel company news:Company Plans to Use Ethanol Byproduct for Biodiesel
Company Plans to Use Ethanol Byproduct for Biodiesel
A company says they will extract oil from distillers grains to create biodiesel.
(11/6/2006)
Farm Futures staff
An energy company says that they plan to use distillers grains, a byproduct of ethanol production, to create biodiesel.
VeraSun Energy Corp. says they will extract the oil from the byproduct to use for biodiesel. Distillers grains are currently used as a source of cheap livestock feed, and VeraSun says their process will enhance the usefulness of distillers grains as feed "by concentrating protein and reducing fat content."
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"This technology is particularly strategic to VeraSun because it allows us to extend our large and low-cost producer strategy from ethanol to include biodiesel," says VeraSun chairman and chief executive Don Endres.
Read the full article on Farm Futures here