New 11 Mgy Biodiesel Project under Development in Southeast Washington State

January 24, 2023

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by Ron Kotrba (Biobased Diesel Daily) A new biodiesel project is being developed in Southeast Washington state. The Port of Whitman County has been awarded a $5 million loan from the Washington State Community Economic Revitalization Board to acquire approximately 100 acres of land and install public infrastructure for an agriculture-advancement center. The port has identified a potential property in Pullman, Washington, for the site. Committed private partner and startup company AgTech OS will serve as the anchor tenant.

AgTech OS plans to establish a biodiesel production facility that will convert canola oil into biodiesel for agricultural operations.

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Richard Parnas, AgTech OS’s chief engineer, told Biobased Diesel Daily that the biodiesel facility plans to generate all its own energy on site using solar and biomass power.

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“We want to work with the farming community to get [canola] and then the biodiesel itself will be sold back into the farming community, giving them the carbon credits,” he said. “We will use the canola meal, about 10 percent of what is generated from the crush, for energy in our biomass-fired boiler. We are excited about this.”

Parnas said a crush plant will be built on site. “If we provide a place for farmers to dump their grain, then we would be a preferred location,” he said, adding that canola is a rotational crop in eastern Washington, not a main crop, and farmers sometimes have trouble “getting rid of” rotational crops.READ MORE

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