Sanimax to shut waste oil biodiesel plant in Wisconsin
Canadian company Sanimax has announced that it will temporarily shut its 20 mgy biodiesel production plant in DeForest, Wisconsin, with two-thirds of the plant’s workers being laid off.
The closure was attributed to poor trading conditions for biodiesel, and Sanimax has not proposed a date for the plant’s reopening.
The plant, which opened in 2007, produced biodiesel from both soyabean and waste fats and greases.
But the newly proposed terms of the Renewable Fuel Standard, which mandates the blending of alternative fuels, does qualify soya biodiesel as an advanced biofuel. The EPA has recommended, as a remedy, that soya biodiesel producers blend their fuels with biodiesel made from waste vegetable oils.
The closure was attributed to poor trading conditions for biodiesel, and Sanimax has not proposed a date for the plant’s reopening.
The plant, which opened in 2007, produced biodiesel from both soyabean and waste fats and greases.
But the newly proposed terms of the Renewable Fuel Standard, which mandates the blending of alternative fuels, does qualify soya biodiesel as an advanced biofuel. The EPA has recommended, as a remedy, that soya biodiesel producers blend their fuels with biodiesel made from waste vegetable oils.
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