Pre-treatment Unit Passes First Production Tests Required to Supply BP Singapore Under Three-year Agreement
CUPERTINO, CA, April 25, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aemetis, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMTX) announced today that its Universal Biofuels subsidiary completed the production of high quality distilled biodiesel from lower quality, high Free Fatty Acid (FFA) waste feedstock using the recently constructed pre-treatment unit at the biorefinery located on the East Coast of India. Using the lower cost, high FFA waste feedstock, the pre-treatment unit allows for production that meets or exceeds the biodiesel quality specifications of international fuel standards.
The production of high quality distilled biodiesel from high FFA waste feedstock was scheduled as a part of commissioning the pre-treatment unit for production of high quality distilled biodiesel for BP Singapore under a three-year supply agreement. The India biorefinery is now scheduled to process the first production run of feedstock from BP Singapore that already has been delivered to the India plant.
“The production of distilled biodiesel from high FFA waste feedstock using the new pre-treatment unit is the result of a year of technology development and construction work by our India operations and engineering team alongside key vendors,” stated Eric McAfee, Chairman and CEO of Aemetis. “The Aemetis plant in India is now capable of converting low cost, high FFA waste feedstocks into high quality distilled biodiesel to be sold into the fast-growing India fuels market and the attractive EU and US markets for waste-based biofuels.”
The Aemetis plant in India has a capacity of 50 million gallons per year and is the only India biofuels producer approved under the Low Carbon Fuel Standard for delivery of biodiesel into California. In April 2017, Aemetis filed a patent on process technology developed at the India plant for the conversion of a wide range of waste feedstocks into high quality biodiesel.
About Aemetis
Headquartered in Cupertino, California, Aemetis is an advanced renewable fuels and biochemicals company focused on the acquisition, development and commercialization of innovative technologies that replace traditional petroleum-based products by the conversion of ethanol and biodiesel plants into advanced biorefineries. Founded in 2006, Aemetis owns and operates a 60 million gallon per year ethanol production facility in California’s Central Valley, near Modesto. Aemetis also owns and operates a 50 million gallon per year renewable chemical and advanced fuel production facility on the East Coast of India producing high quality distilled biodiesel and refined glycerin for customers in India, the US and Europe. Aemetis operates a research and development laboratory, and holds a portfolio of patents and related technology licenses for the production of renewable fuels and biochemicals. For additional information about Aemetis, please visit www.aemetis.com.
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