Actually, the proposal is for 1,000,000 gpy plant. My estimate is that there is about 1 gallon available for recovery per person per year. Albany is in a 2,000,000 metro center, but the oil will come from beyond that area too.
The situation in the US is that it is illegal for small producers to make this fuel. Only large producers can afford the overhead payments to the NBB that has exclusive rights to make this stuff. I wanted to change that and start a movement of small entrepeneurs in urban centers. Note that the next nearest producer is over 500 miles away. Obviously the current production system does not work in the northeast US. My proposal wanted to change all of that. Maybe yes, maybe no, but it was a proposal. I also believe a production facility can be built for a lot less than the going rate. Lots of other basic research too, as time and more grants allow. Tom Leue In a message dated 6/8/02 8:57:15 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Tom, please allow me one question: What is the potential amount of UVO, yellow grease, grease trap and other feedstock within let's say 100 miles around you? A 250,000 gallon per year initial production facility looks to small to be economic according to European experience, where fuel prices are much higher anyway. I do not want to sound too critical, Its just that I do not understand, what is the point you want to make: If it is to produce BD from yellow grease at a commercial scale, that has been shown in several places already, is'nt it? Or is it to develop a US technology for small batch equipment? There is Pacific biodiesel.... Or is your aim to see as much production capacity up and running in the US as ASAP? In that case I belive our ENERGEA CTER technology approach may help investors to move into the field very fast. Camillo Holecek Biodiesel Raffinerie GmbH, and ENERGEA biodiesel technology, Austria www.energea.at >> Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://www.webconx.com/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm List messages are archived at the Info-Archive at NNYTech: http://archive.nnytech.net/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
