COMPANY'S PROJECT CONVERTS CULINARY GREASE INTO BIODIESEL

Founded in 2004, Philadelphia Fry-o-Diesel LLC was granted $369,696 under the Pennsylvania Energy Harvest program to partially fund a project converting restaurant trap grease to heating oil and biodiesel. "Once the biodiesel and bioburner fuel meet our specifications, we will make about 1,200 gallons

of biodiesel and 3,000 gallons of burner fuel to satisfy requirements of our PA DEP Energy Harvest grant," say Philadelphia Fry-o-Diesel officials. The company's long-term goal is commercial production that is financially competitive with petroleum-based products. PFoD will leverage the project to attract funds to build a plant that would produce three million gallons/year of B100, using trap grease and yellow grease.

Once product quality is assured, PFoD has arranged with the Abington School District to test a B20 blend in its school buses. It also is working with Atlantic Coast Energy, a local heating oil distributor, to identify a suitable test bed for burner fuel.