Hurricane Ike Hobbles US’ Biggest Biodiesel Producer
Texas biodiesel producer GreenHunter Energy says that hurricane damage to its gulf coast refinery — currently the largest in the nation — will take it out of production for 6 to 8 weeks.
The GreenHunter facility is capable of producing 100 million gallons of biodiesel per year (Mgy) using a combination of animal fats and vegetable oils. Prior to Hurricane Ike, they had been ramping up production and last Friday announced that they had achieved a 65 Mgy output. It’s unclear how the hurricane damage will affect their time frame for reaching full capacity.
