Pure Biofuels announced the increase of capacity at its primary Callao Port facility, built on a 47,000-square-meter parcel of waterfront land near the capital city of Lima, Peru. With three 17.5 million gallon per year modules, the facility is set to produce an annual capacity of 52.5 million gallons of biodiesel. The Callao plant is situated in close proximity to the La Pampilla Refinery which is one of Peru’s biggest oil refineries.
The Callao Port refinery of the company will process biodiesel from crude palm oil feedstock. The company has already secured memorandums of understanding with local fuel distributors for all of Callao Port's annual biodiesel production.
Luis Goyzueta, the Pure Biofuels’ president, earlier provided the names of the construction company that will be building the refinery as well as the engineering firm designing the facility. Polindustria, a veteran Peruvian engineering firm, is chosen as the General Contractor. Consequently, Capricorn Chemical Engineering SA, popularly known as Capricorn, will be providing Pure Biofuels basic engineering, instrumentation, control schematics, and process flow design. The two companies are famous in infrastructure projects that Pure Biofuels is planning.
"We are extremely pleased with the team we have pulled together for our primary facility and we're very confident in our plans to establish Pure Biofuels as one of South America's true leaders in alternative energy production," said Goyzueta. "With a 50 million gallon per year facility, Pure Biofuels can make a significant impact on the amount of diesel fuel used in Peru, and, more importantly, we can help contribute to the energy independence of all of South America."
At present, automakers are aimed at discovering and producing biofuels, renewable energy sources derived from biomass, to replace oil and natural gas. The studies also focus on the use of cheap organic matter like sewage and agricultural wastes as well as cellulose. These organic matters efficiently produce gas and liquid biofuels that give off high net energy gain.
Biodiesel is basically derived from vegetable oil. It can be utilized by unmodified diesel engines. Biodiesel improves the overall performance of engines. It is a hundred percent compatible with today’s diesel vehicles and infrastructure. Aside from this, biodiesel is also proven reliable in over fifty million miles of road testing.
Biodiesel complements Borla and other exhaust system. Biodiesel is famed for its ability to reduce harmful exhaust emissions that contribute significantly to global warming. This biofuel is the first and only fuel to have passed the Clean Air Act. By 2025, the United Nations expects biofuels to account for 25 percent of world energy needs.
By: Correy Putton