Canada's first demonstration biodiesel plant.(Brief Article)

Canadian Chemical News, February, 2005

The president and CEO of Sustainable Development Technology Canada, Vicky J. Sharpe, joined University of Toronto (U of T) researchers at an event to showcase renewable fuel research and to unveil plans for Canada's first demonstration biodiesel plant.

A six- by six-foot paper plan of BIOX Corporation's demonstration biodiesel plant was unveiled. The plant will be based in Hamilton, ON, and will use technology developed by U of T professor, David Boocock, FCIC. The event also highlighted other research into ethanol fuel, 21st-century vehicles, and pollution control. Boocock was also celebrated with an award presented by the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association.

The new BIOX plant, slated to be in production in the summer of 2005, will be capable of...

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