Alternative fuels : Is pennycress the answer?

Wednesday 22 October 2008 

Innovation Fuels, a rapidly emerging New York based renewable energy fuel company that manufactures, markets and distributes biodiesel fuel to customers around the world, has announced that it is conducting a pilot program across NY State to plant the oilseed crop pennycress with the intent of producing biodiesel. The initial planning will take place on four acres in Hampton NY.

 

This marks the first effort in US history where non-edible pennycress has been planted to produce an alternative energy fuel such as sustainable biodiesel. 

 

Innovation Fuels is a vertically integrated, producer of renewable, environmentally friendly fuels with a global reach and a verified 950,000 barrel or 130,000 metric tons per year refinery located in New York Harbour. It recently acquired North American Biodiesel, a company that was founded two years ago for the purpose of developing a biodiesel production facility in Wisconsin, and provides Innovation Fuels with direct, deep-water international access via leasehold at the Port of Milwaukee, which is located on the western shore of Lake Michigan.