Dive Brief:

• SG Preston, a bioenergy firm based in Philadelphia, is constructing a waste-to-diesel facility in Lawrence County, OH.
• The facility will use an advanced process technology that transforms waste feedstock into renewable diesel. SG Preston can customize its biofuel through a modification of fuel to suit different environments that are hot or cold. 
• The plant will cost an estimated $400 million and the company expects work on the project will be finished by 2017. According to the company, the finished project will become the world's largest purpose-built producer of renewable diesel.

Dive Insight:

This facility is part of SG Preston's plan to develop renewable diesel and jet fuel refineries. The company hopes to produce 1.2 billion gallons annually, equaling 20% of the federal RFS2 biomass-based mandate for biofuels.