What is The Biodiesel Project

 
 
 
Founders back to top
The project was founded by Geoff Hill and Peter Doig, both students at UBC, who were interested in an environmentally friendly way of getting to their favourite rock climbing spots. Geoff met Karun (manager of the Environmental Youth Alliance) at a presentation Geoff was giving on Biodiesel at UBC. Karun offered to sponsor and host the project through the Environmental Youth Alliance. more
 
Funding and Partners back to top
Funding and Partners Several months later with the first source of funding secured, work began to develop a more efficient reactor design, a new space and a deeper link within the UBC research community. The result of this work is a partnership between Naoko Ellis of the UBC Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, and Karun Koernig of the Environmental Youth Alliance (EYA). more
 
Research back to top
Naoko Ellis is leading the research in the design of an efficient, cost effective Biodiesel production technologies. At this stage of the project our goal will be to show that given the advantageous raw material cost, and labour and consumer base conditions at UBC, an intermediate scale Biodiesel facility can be cost competitive with conventional diesel. more
 
Future Plans back to top
Future Plans We are currently in the process of developing a business plan to explore the feasibility of expanding Biodiesel production and usage to other potential major Biodiesel users in the Greater Vancouver Area. The city of Quesnel has expressed a great deal of interest in having EYA complete a feasibility study for a Biodiesel processing plant and a waste vegetable oil recycling program. There ... more
 
Project progress so far back to top
These are some pictures of the Project: more