For about three weeks, Red Birch Energy in Bassett Forks has been crushing canola seeds into canola oil and processing canola oil into biodiesel fuel.
Dean Price, half owner of Red Birch Energy and owner of Red Birch Country Market, said this is the first “closed-loop system” in the entire country. That means the canola is grown “locally,” is crushed and processed into biodiesel fuel at Red Birch Energy, and is sold on the same site at Red Birch Country Market. Jenna Higgins, director of communications for the National Biodiesel Board, agreed that “it’s the only one that we know of.”
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