New biodiesel facility set for Amsterdam

Simadan Holding is to invest over €65 million ($89.2 million) in a new second generation biodiesel plant in the Netherlands to increase capacity for growth in the waste-to-biofuels market.

The plant will be located in Amsterdam and operated by Simadan subsidairy Biodiesel Amsterdam.

The company claims the plant will enable it to increase its biodiesel production capacity by 150,000 tonnes annually. The investment will also go on a glycerin distillation factory for 50,000 tonnes of pharmacy grade bio-glycerin per year.

‘Our biodiesel has shown to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 85% over the product’s entire lifecycle when compared to fossil diesel,’ says Simadan president Peter Bakker.

The new plant will be part of an ecological industrial complex. This 12 hectare location includes a biodiesel factory, a tank storage terminal, nearly two hectares for an indoor recycling area, a biogas factory and a tank cleaning company.