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  • 10-16-2006 11:52 PM

    NECF Plans New Algal BioDiesel Plant

    New England Clean Fuels' goal is to develop the first commercial scale BioDiesel Production Plant in Massachusetts, with a base capacity of 750K gpy and a peak capacity of 2 m gpy of BioDiesel. Currently planned for Lowell, MA and using a BioKing 3000, NECF's first plant is scheduled to produce its first batch of Biodiesel on or before New Year's Day of 2007. IN order to verify's the new system's functionality, initial batches will be processed with virgin vegetable oil seedstock using traditional methods. Beginning in March 2007, cutting edge algae based feedstocks will be used. New England Clean Fuels is being funded and run by Jonathan L. Gal of JLG Investment Management, Inc. with headquarters in Lexington, MA USA. New England Clean Fuels is currently seeking a Chief Operating Officer with experience in BioDiesel production to handle day to day plant operations. "Not only is the BioDiesel market in New England growing extremely rapidly, but the new algae-derived feedstock oils have the potential to dramatically lower BioDiesel feedstock costs for BioDiesel producers. This could lead to dramatic profit improvements for Biodiesel production plants." Said Jonathan Gal, President & CEO of New England Clean Fuels. "From existing ethanol plants alone, not to mention other CO2 emitting power plants and future ethanol plants, the supply of algae-derived Biodiesel feedstock oils could be several billion gallons per year, which far exceeds current BioDiesel plant production capacity in the US. Thus, there is a tremendous investment opportunity in building new BioDiesel production capacity to take advantage of the anticipated lower costs of algae-derived feedstocks." Jonathan Gal, President & CEO JLG Investment Management, Inc. d/b/a New England Clean Fuels. 781-274-9630
    Jonathan Gal Founder & CEO New England Clean Fuels www.newenglandcleanfuels.com '02 Black Jetta TDI 83,100 miles DinoDiesel, 3,000 BioDiesel Running B100 for last 600 miles, no problems. Green Republican. "Let's Keep Those Taxes Down."
  • 10-18-2006 02:26 PM In reply to

    Re: NECF Plans New Algal BioDiesel Plant

    quote:
    Originally posted by jlglex
    New England Clean Fuels' goal is to develop the first commercial scale BioDiesel Production Plant in Massachusetts, with a base capacity of 750K gpy and a peak capacity of 2 m gpy of BioDiesel. Currently planned for Lowell, MA and using a BioKing 3000,
    Uhhh... a BioKing B-3000 is a centrifuge, not a processor.
    quote:
    NECF's first plant is scheduled to produce its first batch of Biodiesel on or before New Year's Day of 2007. IN order to verify's the new system's functionality, initial batches will be processed with virgin vegetable oil seedstock using traditional methods. Beginning in March 2007, cutting edge algae based feedstocks will be used.
    And how exactly are you going to grow the algae? I'm not aware of anyone who has yet developed economically viable systems for growing high oil algaes. ----------------- Newbies read [url="http://forums.biodieselnow.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=5097"]this[/url] thread before my head explodes
  • 11-05-2007 02:23 AM In reply to

    Re: Algal BioDiesel Plant

    Dear Jonathan

    I am the technical manager of a biodiesel plant and have over 30 years operational experience in coal fired power stations. I have been manager of well run fossil plants, but was hoping to use my chemical engineering knowledge to produce biodiesel. From our plant we produced some 30,000 tons of biodiesel in Australia, but sadly due to a lack of Government support and the rising cost of feed stock our focus is on the USA.

    I have a desire however to build an algae plant alongside an adjacent coal fired plant using the natural flue gas to assist in algae growth. There is  however considerabel scepticm that a sustainable system can work. It seems that wild algae enters any system and drives down the useful output of any system in time. What is your experiece? and is your system (MOPS) available commercialy. We have been negotiating with Bio-King but they are unable to substansiate any large scale plant or output at this stage.

    Look forward to your response.

    S I Day

     

  • 11-06-2007 10:38 PM In reply to

    • Slippery
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    • Brisbane, QLD Aust.
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    Re: Algal BioDiesel Plant

    Johnathon,

     Didn't I read somewhere that you had moved your operation to Texas?

    Slippery Small steps taken one at a time.
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