India: 5 % Biodiesel Target Aemetis Increases Capacity of Indian Biodiesel Plant to 165,000 Metric Tonnes

Aemetis announced that its Universal Biofuels subsidiary has completed a two-year upgrade of the Kakinada biodiesel and glycerin plant in India. The upgrades to the Kakinada plant included installation of a pre-treatment unit to process lower-cost and waste feedstock into oil and the expansion of boiler and other utility capacities.

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Cupertino/USA; Hyderabad/India — The expansion enables full production of 165,000 metric tonnes per year of biodiesel and bio-oil while simultaneously operating the biodiesel, pretreatment, and glycerin refining units.

In the first three quarters of 2018, the India biodiesel plant produced about 15,200 metric tonnes of biodiesel during the plant upgrade construction. After the expansion, current Kakinada plant capacity is approximately 165,000 metric tonnes of biodiesel and bio-oil production capacity per year, and approximately 18,000 metric tonnes of glycerin refining capacity per year.

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