https://www.canadianbiomassmagazine.ca/biodiesel/biodiesel-facility-proposes-expansion-to-550m-gallons-annually-6581
Biodiesel facility proposes expansion to 550M gallons annually
November 09, 2017
Written by Darling Ingredients Inc
Nov. 9, 2017 - Darling Ingredients Inc. and Valero Energy Corporation
announced today that in anticipation of growing demand for renewable
diesel due to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and global low carbon
markets, they will initiate an engineering and construction cost review
to analyze an additional project growing annual production capacity to
550 million gallons at the Diamond Green Diesel (DGD) facility in Norco, LA.
The DGD facility is currently undergoing an expansion project that will
grow annual production capacity from 160 million gallons of renewable
diesel to 275 million gallons. This project is targeted for completion
in second quarter 2018.
"Diamond Green Diesel has proven to be a tremendous success and we
acknowledge Valero's engineering excellence as the key," said Randall C.
Stuewe, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Darling Ingredients Inc.
"Our partnership through DGD has created a sustainable and efficient
process of converting Darling's feedstocks into high quality biofuels to
meet the needs of our customers around the world."
A final decision on the incremental 275 million gallons of annual
production capacity is expected in 2018 and will be dependent on further
engineering and cost estimates, as well as the status of government
regulations. The proposed expansion would utilize existing DGD
infrastructure and be built on property owned by Valero. If a decision
is made to proceed with the proposed expansion, the new capacity would
be available in the first half of 2021. Current DGD operations are not
expected to be impacted if the proposed expansion is built.