By KENNEDY GRIFFIN
(Greenfield, MA) Northeast Biodiesel Corporation launched its Greenfield site this summer after many start-up attempts. An employee and consumer-owned business, Northeast Biodiesel will be producing 1.75 million gallons per year of biodiesel fuel for heating and transportation.
They will take used cooking oil from restaurants, cafeterias, and food processing facilities and turn it into biodiesel used in oil heat systems and diesel engines. The Northeast Biodiesel facility located in the Greenfield Industrial Park was fully operational in 2018 but did not have funding necessary to launch. Since May of this year, they have secured approximately $1.4 million in start-up loans.
Lynn Benander, President of Northeast Biodiesel Company LLC and Co-op Power, says, “There’s never been a better time to launch a biodiesel manufacturing plant than today. Between the increased market demand and the increased federal incentives, Northeast Biodiesel will be profitable when we get to full production and it will provide a valuable fuel to keep our diesel engines and oil heat systems running with a cleaner fuel than petroleum biodiesel.”