Customer: Renewable Biofuels
Location: Port Neches, TX
EPC Contractor: Gemma Power, Inc.
Design Engineer: Careba Mott MacDonald and Demar Engineering
The RBF Port Neches BioDiesel Project is a production facility capable of producing 180 million gallons per year of biodiesel fuel. The process design is based upon a continuous process that pretreats feed stocks to allow maximum production flexibility.
Gemma’s scope included supporting the process design, detail engineering, procurement, construction and startup of all systems. The Port Neches Project mobilized on site in July 2007 and reached substantial completion in December 2008 for the first train. The second train reached substantial completion in March 2009.