2nd generation biodiesel plant to open in Germany: 57 Mgy plant uses wood waste products as feedstock; four more planned

December 14, 2007

In Germany, Choren Industries announced that it will build a 57 Mgy biodiesel plant in Schwedt. The plant, which will open in late 2010, will use a second-generation process, called biomass-to-liquid, which uses sawdust and wood chips as feedstock among other waste materials.

The plant will eventually have five production units and has a total planned capacity of 285 Mgy by 2015. Choren’s first commercial-scale plant, which will produce 4 Mgy of biodiesel from wood waste, opens in spring 2008 in Freiburg.

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Written by Jim Lane · Filed Under International, Producer News