BDI BioDiesel Plant for Residual and Waste Materials in the Netherlands

29. June 2009

The Austrian company BDI - BioDiesel International AG has been commissioned by BioDiesel Amsterdam B.V. with the construction of a multi-feedstock BioDiesel plant in the port of Amsterdam.  

The contract value is about EUR 31 million. The plant with an annual capacity of 100,000 tons (113 million litres) will produce biodiesel from used cooking oil and animal fats in accordance with the EU standard EN 14214. The multi-feedstock process employed can process the most varied raw materials with up to 100% free fatty acids. Separation of the free fatty acids is not necessary because even these raw material fractions are converted into biodiesel. Due to this high yield, the plant’s efficiency is better than with any other process. BDI is the world market leader for this production technology.

The largest industrial BioDiesel plant of this type in Europe will become part of the future-oriented energy park in the port of Amsterdam in which the company BioDiesel Amsterdam B.V., a part of Greenmills, will recycle vegetable and organic waste materials.

The concept of the BDI plant in the Netherlands therefore follows an international development which accounts for the requirements of a reasonable waste utilization of metropolises. Also in the BDI plant in Hong Kong extremely difficult raw materials, including grease separator fats, will be processed and biodiesel in the accordance with the EU standard with a high added-value is gained.

Wilhelm Hammer, CEO of BDI - BioDiesel International AG, therefore sees enormous global potential for further plants.

BDI will construct the entire turn-key production plant representing an investment of around EUR 31 million. The plant will be go on stream in 2010.

Contact for further information on Greenmills: http://www.greenmills.nl
Contact for further information: http://www.bdi-biodiesel.com
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