North Dakota: $1 Million Grant to Develop Sythetic Fuels From Crambe and Other Oilseed Crops

GrainNet.com
Date Posted: January 30, 2009

Department of Defense and ND Industrial Commission Grant UND Energy & Environmental Research Center $1 Million to Develop Sythetic Fuels From Crambe and Other Oilseed Crops

Grand Forks, ND—The Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) at the University of North Dakota announces a $1 million project to evaluate renewable oil refining technologies for commercial production of diesel, jet, and other fuels and chemicals from North Dakota oilseed crops, such as crambe, at Tesoro’s Mandan, North Dakota, oil refinery.

Crambe is a drought-tolerant oilseed crop with demonstrated viability throughout western North Dakota and the surrounding region.

Unlike soybeans, canola, and other oil seeds, crambe produces an industrial (non-food-grade) oil, and costs less to plant, fertilize, and grow.

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