Production

Plant Details

• Capacity: 170 million liters per year
• Product: ASTM 6751 Biodiesel
• Production Technology: Desmet Ballestra
• Primary Feedstocks: Canola, Soybean
• On Site Storage Capacity: 8.5 million liters
• Loading/Offloading: Rail/Truck Terminal to service 12-14 rail cars per day
• Production Building: 1,236 sq. meters (13,300 sq. feet)
• Office Building: 400 sq. meters (4,290 sq. feet)
• Total Site Area: 66,045 sq. meters (16.32 acres)

The Great Lakes Biodiesel plant is completed and starting production in 2013. It is the largest biodiesel plant in Canada.

The plant has received approvals by Natural Resources Canada ecoENERGY for Biofuels Program and the Ontario Ministry of the Environment. It has also passed an environmental assessment carried out in accordance with the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act.