Business & Tech
Biodiesel Plant Nears Completion
The tanks are now installed at the new North Star Biofuels plant on West Beach Street.
The construction of is coming along.
Fuel holding tanks have been installed at the new North Star Biofuels plant on West Beach Street, where eventually 65,000 of alternative fuel will be produced daily.
The plant was approved by the Watsonville Planning Comission a year ago and had originally aimed to open by fall.
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The facility is being constructed thanks to a $500,000 grant from the California Energy Commission, according to North Star's website. The award is for the company to "develop a commercial scale biodiesel blending facility to help California meet the growing demand for low carbon fuels."
North Star uses a unique technology to produce ultra-pure biodiesel and jet fuel from animal tallow and other feedstocks.
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The facility is at 860 W. Beach St., behind the empty lot that had been the Apple Growers Ice & Cold Storage facility before the historic building was gutted by fire two years ago and demolished.
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