Groundbreaking for $80 M biodiesel plant in St. Rose

ST. ROSE, La. — An $80 million biodiesel plant in St. Rose will produce 60 million gallons a year of the vegetable-based fuel, partners say.
“This is the beginning of a great, great industry for Louisiana,” Thomas Coleman, chief executive officer of International-Matex Tank Terminals, where the plant is being built, said at Thursday’s groundbreaking.
Vehicles can run entirely on biodiesel, which is often used as an additive to petroleum-based diesel.
The plant will be Renewable Energy Group’s only plant outside the Midwest. It has three plants open and is building or planning eight more.

Eight more! Maybe we found something the environmentalists will allow us to build!