Renewables
Ethanol
Ethanol – is a clean burning renewable fuel that is made by fermenting plant-based ingredients with yeast and enzymes. Although it’s used in a variety of ways, including in alcoholic beverages, cleaning products and disinfectants, medications and pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and personal care products, solvents, and industrial applications, it’s primary use is when blended in gasoline. This action not only reduces the need to import oil and gasoline from other nations but increases octane, reduces consumer costs, and creates a healthier and more environmentally friendly environment by greatly reducing the toxins and emissions produced versus other blending additives. Ethanol has become essential to the domestic and global gasoline value chain. This is where Continental Industries Group has positioned itself as your value-added renewable energy partner.
Biodiesel
Biodiesel – is a renewable and biodegradable fuel that is primarily used as either a diesel substitute or is blended with diesel fuel to reduce emissions and harmful toxins that are commonly released when diesel is burned. It is produced through a process known as transesterification, where fats, oils, or greases are heated with alcohol in the presence of a catalyst to produce glycerin and biodiesel. The common feedstocks used to produce biodiesel are vegetable oils, used cooking oils and greases, rendered animal fats, or algae oils.
Derivates
Feedstocks
Waste Vegetable Oils
Post-consumer or industrial by-products derived from vegetable oil processing or use.
Animal Fats
By-products from rendering animal tissues, often categorized by sanitary risk levels in the EU.