Biofuels Profile Fuelling lower emissions Biodiesel production going strong in Welland By Andrew Snook Since Verbio took over the Welland facility in May 2019, it has run continuously seven days a week, 24 hours a day. ack in May 2019, Verbio Diesel Canada Corporation (a sub -sidiary of German company Verbio Vereinigte BioEnergie AG) purchased Atlantic Biodiesel Corporation’s biodiesel plant in Welland, Ont., which is designed to produce crude glyc-erin and biodiesel transportation fuel derived from canola and soybean oil. The acquisition assisted Verbio in pursuing its inter-nationalization strategy focusing on the growing biofuels market in North America. Five years since the purchase, Canadian Biomass decided to reach out and get an update on the status of the company from Verbio’s founder and CEO Claus Sauter. How have operations at the Welland plant changed since Verbio acquired the facility? Since we took over the plant in May 2019, we have run the plant B Verbio’s founder and CEO Claus Sauter. Images courtesy of Verbio. SUMMER 2024 14 Canadian BIOMASS
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