Largest U.S. Biodiesel Plant Breaks Ground in Indiana

Environment News Service, August, 2007 by staff

CLAYPOOL, Indiana (ENS) — --> Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels hosted a groundbreaking Tuesday for what will be the largest biodiesel refinery in the United States and one of the largest in the world. A crowd of close to 2,000 people attended the event.

The $150 million Louis Dreyfus Soybean Processing and Biodiesel Plant to be constructed just southwest of Claypool in north-central Indiana, will process nearly 50 million bushels of soybeans annually.

It is expected to produce over one million tons of soybean meal for livestock and poultry feed and 80 million gallons of biodiesel for blending into motor fuel each year.

The plant will also produce more than 80 million pounds of glycerin a year as a by-product to be used in soaps and detergents....

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