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November 03, 2005
Minnesota runs into a quality glitch with Soy biodiesel
Minnesota temporarilly suspended their B2 mandate for 10 days due to "off spec" soy biodiesel found at the oil refinery. The report onReuters.com is the best I have seen. While we do not have any information as to what the "off spec" issue was, this does reflect the difficulty many producers are having with soy as a feedstock and scaling up to produce large quantities of biodiesel. It takes the extensive R&D a company like Seattle Biodiesel is making to stay on top of these issues and quickly implement process improvements to stay ahead of the curve. It is interesting that the diesel refinery "found" the out of spec fuel. I wonder if Minnesota has a third party testing system to take any potential bias out of the equation.
Posted by Martin at November 3, 2005 07:03 AM
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