Dive summary:

• The California Energy Commission is giving Eslinger Biodiesel $6 million to help build an animal fats and waste vegetable oils-based plant in Fresno, Calif.
• The plant will be able to produce 5 million gallons of B100 per year and millions of gallons of purified glycerin, which will be sold to companies obligated to purchase carbon credit offsets.
• Restaurants and others in the food industry will contribute waste and non-food oilseeds to the refinery.

From the article:

Feedstock will come from restaurant and food industry waste, and “non-food” oilseeds, says company president Jeremy Eslinger.

The $32 million refinery is to be fully operational within 12 months of funding under ARFVT, CDC’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology program.

“The entire output will be pre-sold to companies obligated to purchase carbon credit off-sets and shipped by pipeline for commercial blending,” CEC says in agreement ARV-12-026.

SRS and CVT

Dos Palos, Calif.-based Eslinger is required to certify its product to the ASTM International D6751 standard, and to operate its own trucks on B20 biodiesel. ...