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Tyson And Syntroleum Open Biofuels Plant

by Melody Voith
November 15, 2010 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 88, Issue 46

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A worker checks the output of the partners’ new plant.
Credit: Syntroleum
A worker checks the output of the partners’ new plant.

Tyson Foods and biofuels firm Syntroleum have opened a joint-venture facility in Geismar, La., called Dynamic Fuels, that makes renewable diesel from non-food-grade beef tallow, pork lard, and chicken fat. The plant, now producing 2,500 barrels per day, has a maximum capacity of 1.8 million bbl per year. Syntroleum’s process converts biomass-derived synthesis gas into liquid hydrocarbons. The company estimates that the resulting diesel has a carbon footprint 75% lower than that of petroleum diesel.

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