Willamette Biomass to construct 4.2 Mgy canola crusher as Oregon feedstock search heats up

In Oregon, Willamette Biomass plans to complete its 4.2 Mgy canola crushing facility at Rickreall, from a converted grain elevator. The plant will be one of the first of its kind in the state.

In recent weeks, competition in Oregon has been heating up for waste vegetable oil. Restaurants, which used to pay for haulage of waste product, are in some cases able to charge for their oil. The oil has a retail value of up to $1.20 per gallon for Portland’s biodiesel industry. Biodiesel now accounts for up to 20 percent of the used oil market.

A debate continues over whether large-scale national producers or small-scale local producers should be the base for meeting Oregon’s new renewable fuel standard (RFS). The B2 mandate in the RFS takes effect only after local producers hit the 5 million gallon production mark.

The City of Portland’s Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) went into effect this year and Oregon’s RFS goes into effect January 1, 2008. However, Green Fuels in Klamath County, fell short of its 1 million gallon production goal due to a shortage of canola oil at affordable prices for a small-scale production.

SeQuential Pacific, a local producer, said that local producers can make a maximum of 20 million gallons of biodiesel a year.

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