Center for Advanced BioEnergy Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Friday, May 23, 2008

Biodiesel production soars, and so do prices

By Kyle Stock (Contact)
The Post and Courier (charleston.net)
Monday, May 19, 2008

The license plate reads BIODZL, and for almost a year now, Dean Schmelter's dark Mercedes sedan has run almost exclusively on chicken fat.

Schmelter and his business partner built a $3.5 million plant on the former Navy base in North Charleston, where a dozen workers chemically convert the poultry goo into fuel. Dubbed Southeast BioDiesel LLC, the facility mixed its first batch in July 2007 and now cranks out 18,000 gallons of biodiesel every day, 360,000 gallons a month.

"There's nothing like driving down the road on fuel that you didn't pay your enemy for," Schmelter said. "Let me tell you, it's a great feeling."

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5 comments:

Darren Demers said...

The license plate reads BIODZL, and for almost a year now, Dean Schmelter's dark Mercedes sedan has run almost exclusively on chicken fat.
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