The 265-million-litre (70-million-gallon) at Lloydminster, Alberta, will use crushed canola from an existing ADM next door as its feedstock and the project is expected to boost the company’s North American bio-diesel production capacity by 50 percent.
“The same agricultural processing operations we use to transform canola into oil for food and meal for animal feed also provide ADM with the ability and scale to efficiently produce cleaner-burning, renewable bio-diesel,” said Mike Livergood, ADM vice president, global oleo chemicals in a written statement. “This new bio-diesel facility will help support canola crush margins and capacity utilization at this facility.”
J.P. Montalvo, commercial manager at ADM’s Lloydminster facility said a robust Canadian bio-diesel industry will diversify the nation’s fuel supply, provide environmental benefits and fosters increased local demand for canola, which creates value for rural communities.
“We look forward to working with canola producers to help meet Canada’s desire for renewable bio-diesel,” Montalvo said.
Construction on the facility will commence in spring 2012, and be completed in the fourth quarter of calendar year 2013.
In March, ADM announced plans to double the canola seed receiving capabilities and storage capacity at the Lloydminster facility. The project, which is expected to be completed by the end of the calendar year, includes the construction of five new storage bins and a second receiving system, which is expected to significantly reduce unloading times for area farmers.
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