Press Room
April 29, 2010
Oregon still a role player in biodiesel production
Greg Stiles of Southern Oregon's News Source "Mail Tribune", talks with SeQuential founder, Tyson Keever, of on Oregon's roll in biodiesel production.
By Greg Stiles
Mail Tribune
MEDFORD — Oregon biodiesel production is still feeling its way through the industry's formative stages.
The hip alternative fuel of the new millennium has enjoyed legislative and environmental support. It's created a few jobs, provided a steady market for waste oil from restaurants and spawned the need for new farm crops.
The most ardent of proponents, however, realize that developing a sustainable fuel source for the 21st century is accompanied by growing pains. Even Oregon's top producer appears to be a mere role player when grouped with out-of-state entries.
"We sometimes get positioned as the 800-pound gorilla in the Oregon biodiesel industry, but we make less than 1 percent of diesel consumed in Oregon," says Tyson Keever, founder of SeQuential Pacific Biodiesel, which manufactures the fuel in Salem. "Oregon uses 720 million gallons of diesel (annually), and we're capable of producing 5 million."
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Mail Tribune
MEDFORD — Oregon biodiesel production is still feeling its way through the industry's formative stages.
The hip alternative fuel of the new millennium has enjoyed legislative and environmental support. It's created a few jobs, provided a steady market for waste oil from restaurants and spawned the need for new farm crops.
The most ardent of proponents, however, realize that developing a sustainable fuel source for the 21st century is accompanied by growing pains. Even Oregon's top producer appears to be a mere role player when grouped with out-of-state entries.
"We sometimes get positioned as the 800-pound gorilla in the Oregon biodiesel industry, but we make less than 1 percent of diesel consumed in Oregon," says Tyson Keever, founder of SeQuential Pacific Biodiesel, which manufactures the fuel in Salem. "Oregon uses 720 million gallons of diesel (annually), and we're capable of producing 5 million."
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