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Aemetis upgrades India biodiesel plant

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The Aemetis plant was built in 2008 to produce biodiesel and refined glycerin using large volumes of lower-cost, non-food by-products from the edible oil industry as feedstock to supply the biofuel, pharmaceutical, and industrial markets. Aemetis was founded in 2006. Aemetis, Inc., — Eric McAfee, Chairman and CEO of Aemetis.

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European Biodiesel Production Up 16.6% in 2009

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2008, 54% in 2006 and 65% in 2005); in 2007, the industry growth rate was. than soybean and canola oils, signalling its likely US. Biodiesel exports from Argentina are also becoming problematic for the EU producers, EBB said. Direct Oil Use Consequences) i.e. among others the. per year oil spills in the Mediterranean sea!

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