Note to Editors/Reporters
Renewable Energy Group®, (REG®), Ames, Iowa, today is going public with news it has scalable commercialization technology capable of refining and producing large volumes of biodiesel from algae. All the components needed for producing a story are available in this e-mail. Contact Alicia Clancy for further information.
- Renewable Energy Group, (REG) leads the biodiesel industry by offering a complete biodiesel solution. Committed to redefining quality, Renewable Energy Group markets REG-9000™ biodiesel, which exceeds ASTM quality specifications, through existing nationwide diesel infrastructure.
- REG-9000 biodiesel is marketed through large petroleum companies and fuel distributors and is utilized by on-highway fleets, municipalities, power generator, mining, military, home heating and agriculture applications.
- REG-9000 biodiesel is produced by REG network production facilities consisting of state-of-the-art, proprietary multiple feedstock technology. Renewable Energy Group offers procurement and risk management, production operations and technology services in addition to alternative feedstock research and commercialization.
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Scalable Commercialization Technology for Algae-based Biodiesel
Renewable Energy Group opens door to suppliers of algae oil from many strains
- Leading U.S. biodiesel production and marketing company Renewable Energy Group (REG), Ames, Iowa, has implemented technology to refine the oil from a variety of algae strains and produce algae biodiesel exceeding ASTM D6751 and EN 14214 quality specifications.
- Universal compatibility for refining and production across algae species subgroups is an express route to getting volumes of raw material needed for commercial-scale biodiesel production at levels on par with other vegetable-oil and high free-fatty acid feedstocks now in use.
- REG is seeking algae-oil production partners to supply feedstocks for commercial-scale production of algae biodiesel.
- REG already has pretreated and refined crude algae oil it has used to produce high-quality algae biodiesel at the pilot-scale level.
- Involved in biodiesel commercialization since 1996, REG uses a multiple-feedstock approach to biodiesel production, and can augment current pretreatment and production of algae biodiesel in increasing volumes using its continuous-flow, commercial-scale process technology.
"REG's successful demonstration of technologies presents the flexibility and opportunity for it to partner with almost any algae-oil supplier for biodiesel."
Glen Meier
Research and Development Manager
Renewable Energy Group, Ames, Iowa
"Commercial demonstration of algae biodiesel at this level is a major step forward for the industry, because by defining the processing parameters for larger volumes of algae oil, we can process the algae oil at any of REG's commercial-scale biodiesel production facilities like any other feedstock out there today."
Daniel Oh
Chief Operating Officer
Renewable Energy Group, Ames, Iowa
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