PITTSBORO, N.C. (AP) — A Danish company testing better ways to ramp up America's supply of motor fuels derived from plant and animal byproducts is taking a new step in North Carolina.

Novozymes is pairing with Piedmont Biofuels in Pittsboro on a new operation to be unveiled Friday that aims to improve the production of biodiesel. Biodiesel is made from fats and oils and can be used in existing diesel engines without modification.
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(The success of the biodiesel fuel industry relies heavily on biodiesel testing <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s32Ke2VzrqU>, not only at the production level but at the consumer level, where degraded fuel may cause engine failures.  Of major concern to diesel and biodiesel users is the very real possibility that water has contaminated their fuel. (See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YcczdvPyAk).  The potential catastrophic impact of this problem is discussed at length  in this video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lh4qhXc_5s&feature=youtube_gdata.
Fleet Fuel's  family of inexpensive biodiesel test kits  is just a click away on the internet at:
<http://fleetbiodiesel.com/biodiesel_testing_and_supplies.html>)