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MAINTENANCE & RELIABILITY
FUELING INNOVATION
Greasezilla and BP transform brown grease waste into biofuels
BY RON CROSIER, GREASEZILLA
A
s more and more sectors are looking to increase
their use of alternative and renewable fuel sources,
industry leaders are partnering up to lead the
way. Recently, Downey Ridge Environmental Company,
known better as Greasezilla, and BP have announced a
groundbreaking agreement that will enable the capture
and extraction of brown grease waste as a feedstock for
biofuel production, marking a step forward in sustainable
energy production. As part of the agreement, BP will
finance the expansion of Greasezilla's production facilities
to support the delivery of brown grease feedstock to the
market, aimed at furthering the renewable diesel (RD) and
sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) markets.
TRANSFORMING WASTE INTO ENERGY
Greasezilla's industry-leading technology extracts nearly
pure brown grease from grease trap waste and refines it
into biofuel feedstock. This can play a pivotal role in the
future development of a nationwide platform to manage
fats, oils, and grease (FOG), waste material derived from
commercial kitchens and commodity processing that
has typically been incinerated or landfilled until now.
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Brown grease poses a costly challenge for many cities
nationwide, as its disposal is both expensive and complex.
This push to fund up to forty new FOG receiving
stations, with up to $5 million per site, using proprietary
Greasezilla technology will make a meaningful difference
in capturing and converting this waste material into a
valuable commodity that is covered by the Jacobsen price
reporting as feedstock for biofuel production, such as RD
and SAF.
What Is Brown Grease?
Inside a wastewater stream, grease trap waste
congeals and collects inside municipal and
industrial sanitary collection and treatment system
infrastructure. With growing populations and
stagnant or shrinking budgets, many municipal
public works departments and wastewater treatment
plants can't keep up with FOG-related cleaning
and maintenance.
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