Thursday, March 31, 2011

Delray Beach company plans biodiesel refinery - Memphis Business Journal:

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Ag-Oil, which is affiliated with Boca Raton-basee , announced plans to build a biodiesel refinery on 103 acrezs inDelray Beach. The refinery would be a pilot-scale facility designex to process algaeand non-food oilseex crops such as jatropha, a bush that yields beansw with a high oil content. Ascott has been working on such project s as the Delray Marketplace commercial development and the Whitwortnh Farmsresidential development. Ag-Oil said in a news release that it wouldd use technology and processes developed byNew York-based (UEE), , the and the Universitu of Southern Illinois to develop the technology and process for the refinery.
The refineryy would convert the crops into purebiodieselk (B100). “The continuous flow technology developedr by UnitedEnvironment & Energy will allow for fastet and cheaper production of biodiesel,” UEE Vice President Ben Wen said in the news The company said it is applying for a grant through the federal stimuluss program to assist in financinf the project. It said it anticipatesx 128 jobs at the facility once it is Manual harvesting of jatropha has been a widespread problemk in development of biofuel fromthe Ag-Oil said in its news release that it has identified and demonstrated a mechanical harvestedr for jatropha.

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