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Grays Harbor Biodiesel Plant is the largest biodiesel production facility in the United States, with an annual capacity of per year. The facility is sited on a parcel of land at the Port of Grays Harbor, Washington.〔(Imperium Renewables Opens Largest Biodiesel Facility in U.S. )〕 The site includes eight main tanks, which can hold each, and two reserves that can each hold . The facility is "feedstock agnostic," meaning it can create biodiesel from numerous different feedstocks, even simultaneously.〔 The majority of their oil comes from canola oil and soybean oil grown in Canada and Washington.〔(Grays Harbor port readies for biodiesel plant )〕 In 2006, the National Biodiesel Board estimates that more than of biodiesel were consumed in the U.S., up from 75,000,000 in 2005.〔 Like other biodiesel production facilities around the country, the Imperium plant has been hit hard by the economic downturn and the drastic changes in the cost of petroleum fuels and biodiesel feedstocks. In early 2008 Imperium cut staff from the high of 107; again in March 2009 a further reduction brought the staff to 24. (). At the current time Imperium will not release any production statistics. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Grays Harbor Biodiesel Plant」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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