Jatrodiesel biodiesel plant comes online in US

A 5 MMgy supercritical biodiesel plant in Illinois, US, designed and built by Jatrodiesel, has been commissioned and is now operational.

The facility is co-located with the 125 MMgy CHS-owned Patriot Renewable Fuels ethanol plant in Annawan.

It makes use of the existing refinery’s infrastructure, steam, and distillers corn oil byproduct to produce biodiesel.

According to Jatrodiesel, the plant uses a single-stage process that eliminates esterification and transesterification and is not limited by the free fatty acid levels in the feedstock.

This method reduces the cost of traditional biodiesel production by 25-28%, the company says.