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New JV to recycle used cooking oil into biodiesel

10th April, 2008

California-based Tellurian Biodiesel, an independent distributor and marketer of sustainable high-quality biodiesel, has entered into a joint venture with Golden State Foods (GSF), one of the largest diversified suppliers to the quick-service restaurant industry, to recycle used cooking oil into biodiesel.

The new venture, Encore BioRenewables, plans to launch its first biodiesel production facility in Southern California in early 2009.  The company expects to open additional processing plants throughout the US, as the market develops for its product.

The plants will be sited near locations which collect used cooking oil from restaurants. Encore will recycle this material in the production of a more sustainable biodiesel fuel. The fuel produced by this closed-loop solution will be sold to trucking companies, municipal fleets and to GSF to fuel its distribution fleet, which services its customers in the quick-service restaurant industry.

Encore BioRenewable's first plant will begin production at a rate of 5 million gallons of biodiesel a year. In addition to used cooking oil, Encore BioRenewables will convert other recyclable domestic fats and oils into biodiesel. The company projects production of at least 100 million gallons a year, once its national network is fully operational.

Tellurian's recent acquisition of Superior Process Technologies, which is expected to close in late spring, will provide Encore BioRenewables with a proprietary process to turn low-grade raw materials into biodiesel.

'With this progressive venture, Golden State Foods is taking a leadership role in the widespread adoption of sustainable biodiesel, a cleaner, domestic, renewable fuel ready to help keep America's trucking industry rolling,' Joe Gershen, president of Encore BioRenewables, says.