Originally published October 16 2005
Massachusetts company working to make biodiesel more available
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Spokespersons for Massachusetts-based Northeast Biodiesel have announced the company's mission is to have biodiesel available on every street corner by the end of 2006, and the Boston Herald says the company intends to do this by making around 5 million gallons of biodiesel a year from recycled vegetable oil bought from a New York-based business.
But that goal isn't about to happen overnight.
Northeast Biodiesel still needs to build its production facility, which is scheduled to open in a Greenfield industrial park next spring.
And by the end of 2006, Union said the company will be ready to make about 5 million gallons of biodiesel a year from the recycled vegetable oil it's been buying from a New York-based business.
Biodiesel, which can be used on its own or blended with petroleum-based diesel fuel, can be used as home heating oil and can power cars, trucks and farm equipment with diesel engines.
It can be made from recycled vegetable oils or soybeans.
Its popularity has been growing since 1992 when Congress passed the Energy Policy Act to reduce the nation's dependency on foreign oil.
It has since been approved by the federal Environmental Protection Agency as an alternative fuel.
Since 1999, biodiesel use nationwide has grown from 500,000 gallons to 25 million gallons in 2004, according to Jenna Higgins, a spokeswoman for the National Biodiesel Board.
There are 45 biodiesel production plants operating across the country, and 54 - including Northeast Biodiesel - that are planning to go online.
Currently, only one company - Bean Commercial Grease, in Belgrade, Maine - is making biodiesel in New England.
That means most of the biodiesel used in the Northeast is being imported from other states where the fuel is produced, a fact that drives up costs and reduces regional supplies.
By distributing a locally produced product within the Northeast, the fuel's cost and availability should be more accessible, said Michael Cooper, president of Biofuel Brokers.
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