COMPANY INFORMATION Press Releases Spring 2008
		Experience Biodiesel Industries is one of the oldest and most experienced biodiesel companies.  Company management has a broad range of experience not only in producing biodiesel, but also in legal, accounting, banking, real estate, construction and petroleum. Utilizing this experience the Company has invested the time, research and resources necessary to complete a network of modular multi-feedstock biodiesel production facilities in Texas, California, and Australia, and to begin construction of its newest facility in Detroit, Michigan. The Company’s standard Modular Production Unit (MPU) is capable of producing from 3 million gallons up to 20,000,000 gallons annually. Biodiesel Industries' ongoing commitment to excellence is embodied in its long standing relationship with the U.S. Navy, the world's largest consumer of diesel fuel. Operating under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center, Biodiesel Industries is pioneering new standards for biodiesel production at Naval Base Ventura County in California. On-going research there is focused upon optimizing reaction kinetics, developing new feedstocks, and evaluating new technology. Patent Awarded Biodiesel Industries was awarded a patent by the U.S. Patent Office in December 2006 for its modular multi-feedstock processing unit. This unique design allows for the use of a wide range of feedstocks that ensure that the least expensive and locally available resources can be used. Feedstock makes up the single largest cost of producing biodiesel. Recently soybean oil prices have reach $2.66 per gallon. This has had a significant impact on many biodiesel producers that can only use soybean oil or similar refined food grade vegetable oils. With the Biodiesel Industries’ process we are able to use much less expensive feedstock and remain competitive with the price of petroleum diesel. Being able to efficiently process a wide variety of feedstock is only part of the solution. Having access and control over the Company supply of feedstock is equally important. Biodiesel Industries has been working with feedstocks in several significant areas. Yellow Grease Yellow Grease is the trade term used for waste fryer oil from restaurants and food processing. Biodiesel Industries has set up direct collection systems for picking up yellow grease from restaurants at a total cost of about $.50 per gallon. That is $2.16 less per gallon than soybean oil! Collection programs are operating now in Southern California, Dallas Fort Worth and New York City. These programs are continuing to expand, and new programs are planned for other major metropolitan areas in the U.S. For more information about our exclusive “Fry Oil to Fuel” program, go to FryOiltoFuel.com. Canola Canola is a variety of the mustard plant that has very high oil seed content and grows in cold dry climates. Biodiesel Industries is working with Cal State University and local farmers in California’s Central Valley to grow canola on selenium contaminated land, which is toxic to water fowl. The land has very low value because it has no water allotment and cannot be used for growing food grade crops. This project was successful in growing canola on this acreage, and it was found that the canola gradually absorbed the selenium as it was growing. When the oil was extracted from the canola seeds, the resulting dry portion, or “meal,” was found to contain levels of selenium that acted as a nutritional supplement in cattle feed. The canola oil was processed into biodiesel at the Naval Base, and the resulting biodiesel was used as part of a USEPA project in the Central Valley. Oil seed processing and growing dry-land crops are part of Biodiesel Industries’ long-term strategy to secure a reliable source of inexpensive feedstocks. Jatropha Jatropha is a plant native to Central America that was taken to India 400 years ago by Portuguese sailors to be planted there as “living fences.” The plant is very thick and hearty, drought tolerant, grows in marginal soil, and is not palatable to insects or animals or suitable for human consumption. It therefore served perfectly as an inexpensive fence to keep insects and animals out of crop land. The Indian farmers also found that the nuts of the jatropha could be ground up to provide a source of lamp oil. Over a period of 400 years, the Indian farmers selectively bred higher oil yielding varieties. As part of an international project funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development and the U.S. Trade Development Agency, Biodiesel Industries was commissioned to research jatropha as a feedstock, and was able to discover some of the most oil-rich jatropha varietals in India. Seeds from these prime varietals were brought back to the U.S. under a special USDA permit for test plots in various geographic areas, including Santa Barbara, California. These test plots are being used to selectively breed a cold tolerant varietal of jatropha better suited for the coastal California climate. Using these new varietals, there is the potential for growing enough jatropha in Santa Barbara County alone to produce about 30 million gallons of biodiesel per year. Algae The lowly and simple green algae may soon become the feedstock of choice for biodiesel. These plants have very high oil content and multiply very quickly under the right conditions. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has estimated that algae has the potential to produce 10-15 times more oil per acre than any other known crop. Biodiesel Industries, as part of its research at the Naval Base, is developing strains of algae and commercial production technology for growing, harvesting and extracting the oil. Info@BiodieselIndustries.com