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Singer Nelson to launch biodiesel plant



By Upstream staff 

Country singer and biofuels advocate Willie Nelson is to open a joint venture biodiesel production plant with Pacific Biodiesel Texas.

Nelson has encouraged the use of biodiesel by truckers in the US, launching his own brand of the fuel, BioWillie B20, through the Willie Nelson Biodiesel Company. Last year he joined Earth Biofuels as a director.

The 45,000-barrel-per-year plant is in Carl's Corner, Texas. It will be opened on 3 July in conjunction with an all-day concert in the town, the National Biodiesel Board said.


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