Aemetis acquires site for biodiesel and SAF feedstock refining facility
Aemetis has agreed to acquire a site to construct a tallow oil refining facility in India.
The refining facility in Kakinada is designed to supply feedstock to the existing Aemetis 50 mmgpy biodiesel plant located on the east coast.
It will also provide future feedstock supply to the Aemetis 90 MM gallon sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel (RD) plant being built in Riverbank, California.
The new feedstock refining facility will expand the range of feedstocks that can be used for biodiesel, SAF and RD production to include crude tallow oil. Recent regulations adopted by the Indian Government encourage oil refiners and fuel distributors to purchase biodiesel for blending into petroleum diesel. Aemetis built, owns and operates the Kakinada biodiesel plant with an installed capacity of 150,000 metric tpy, equal to about 50 mm gallons of biodiesel production annually.
The Aemetis Kakinada plant is one of the largest biodiesel production facilities in India and is capable of processing a variety of vegetable oils, animal oils, and waste oil feedstocks into biodiesel that meet international product standards.
It has been upgraded to convert the crude glycerin byproduct from the biodiesel refining process into refined glycerin for pharmaceutical and industrial customers.
Desmet Ballestra, a leading biodiesel production technology company based in Europe, supplied the design and engineering for the Kakinada plant.
“Our circular bioeconomy of renewable and carbon-negative fuels facilities includes our Kakinada biodiesel facility in India, which provides Aemetis unique global access to low carbon intensity, non-edible, renewable waste oils for the production of sustainable aviation fuel, renewable diesel and biodiesel,” stated Eric McAfee, the chairman and CEO of Aemetis.
The refining facility in Kakinada is designed to supply feedstock to the existing Aemetis 50 mmgpy biodiesel plant located on the east coast.
It will also provide future feedstock supply to the Aemetis 90 MM gallon sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel (RD) plant being built in Riverbank, California.
The new feedstock refining facility will expand the range of feedstocks that can be used for biodiesel, SAF and RD production to include crude tallow oil. Recent regulations adopted by the Indian Government encourage oil refiners and fuel distributors to purchase biodiesel for blending into petroleum diesel. Aemetis built, owns and operates the Kakinada biodiesel plant with an installed capacity of 150,000 metric tpy, equal to about 50 mm gallons of biodiesel production annually.
The Aemetis Kakinada plant is one of the largest biodiesel production facilities in India and is capable of processing a variety of vegetable oils, animal oils, and waste oil feedstocks into biodiesel that meet international product standards.
It has been upgraded to convert the crude glycerin byproduct from the biodiesel refining process into refined glycerin for pharmaceutical and industrial customers.
Desmet Ballestra, a leading biodiesel production technology company based in Europe, supplied the design and engineering for the Kakinada plant.
“Our circular bioeconomy of renewable and carbon-negative fuels facilities includes our Kakinada biodiesel facility in India, which provides Aemetis unique global access to low carbon intensity, non-edible, renewable waste oils for the production of sustainable aviation fuel, renewable diesel and biodiesel,” stated Eric McAfee, the chairman and CEO of Aemetis.
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