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October 31, 2007 | 5 Comments

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Los Angeles, California [RenewableEnergyAccess.com] Somewhere in between the avid garage-based hobbyist brewing a biodiesel concoction and massive oil conglomerates investing in big biodiesel factories is the mid-market biodiesel producer and user.

"These clients have everything to gain by producing biodiesel in a location that's convenient for them."

--Eric McLeod, Founder and CEO, PNE

Recognizing a need for a more manageable and realistic approach to biodiesel production, LA-based, Pacific Natural Energy (PNE), has created the BioBox, a mobile processing plant that turns waste vegetable oil into high-quality biodiesel.

Able to be located at or near the source of waste, and requiring 2000 square feet of vacant land, PNE's BioBox system includes 4 - 20' cargo containers, the reactor, a hazmat storage container and 2 - 6,000 gallon storage tanking systems.

"There are an increasing number of biodiesel companies now, but these companies generally cater to small-scale experimenters and users, or multi-million dollar plants," said Eric McLeod, PNE's founder and CEO. "I believe that mid-market biodiesel production has been completely overlooked. What about the companies that have large waste oil disposals but may be spread over a large geographical region. These clients have everything to gain by producing biodiesel in a location that's convenient for them, and then using it to power their trucking fleets - not to mention being a pioneer in what I think will be the standard for waste vegetable oil recycling."

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dan-ost-41761

October 31, 2007

It sounds like a good idea, but who, exactly, is in this target market?

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david-zdanowicz-70274

November 2, 2007

System pictures look very nice

http://www.stopxon.com/pne50new.asp
is the single 20' box version - 1000 gallons a day ASTM grade. $799k. A 45kw generator used , did not see payback schedule on site, rough guess would be 18-24 months if waste oil is free.

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is-vad-44349

November 2, 2007

WHAT IS THE COST OF THE MOBILE UNIT AND WHAT IT NEEDS TO OPERATE? ANALYSIS / DETAILS ABOUT COST SHOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE AND REVIEWD BEFORE CONSIDERING HAVING SUCH UNIT.

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donald-costin-61550

November 2, 2007

Where you are going to get a supply of "used" Mazola, Corn, or whatever oil from?
Most restaurants use a vat of oil for at least a week, so that's one vat (10 gallons, +) per week from each restaurant. Given 20 restaurants in a given area, that's 200 gallons per week. Refined into 180 gallons at best, that will fuel about 18 vehicles.
In a big city like LA it might work, but what about the smaller cities?

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anders-strandberg-56427

November 2, 2007

Farmers who can use the diesel directly in their machines as well business that generate a lot of biological fatty waste...

Also might be good in developing countries if you can get diesel from vegetable oil easily.

also check: http://www.ageratec.se/index.asp?lang=EN

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