Biofuels Digest’s 2012 Process Improvement Award: Renewable Energy Group

Every so often, we report on another acquisition or merger with Renewable Energy Group as they build out their biodiesel capacity. What powers that expansion? Strong technology, sourcing and financing.

Almost any biodiesel facility performs financially better using the REG system — and that has not only helped the company grow, its helped save the Renewable Fuel Standard with biodiesel helping, through a production surge, to meet the annual increases in mandated renewable fuels despite the slow deployment of cellulosics.

READ MORE: All about the company, here.

The Complete 2012 Biofuels Digest Awards

Best Project – Thermochemical
Best Project – Fermentation
Best Project – Hybrid
Best Project (demonstration)
Best Project (pilot)

Best Technology Extension
Best New Fuel
Best Retrofit
Process Improvement
Pretreatment Technology

Yield Improvement
Industrial Symbiosis
New Trait
New Feedstock
New Feedstock (Demonstration)

New Feedstock (Trial)
Consumer Product of the Year (biobased)
Consumer Product of the Year (biofuels)
Partnership of the Year
Special Editor’s Award – Comeback of the year

Special Editor’s Award – Sustainable technology
Book of the Year