Biodiesel and Ethanol Investing

Hickory Daily Record reports that Newton, North Carolina continues to develop an eco-complex and approved a $150,000 grant from the Biofuel Center of North Carolina, earmarked for the purchase of sunflower seed-crushing equipment and a silo for seed storage. Barry Edwards, director of Catawba County Utilities and Engineering Department, said the county is hoping to purchase the new equipment in the fall. The equipment is headed for the county’s eco-complex, a joint project between the county’s Utilities and Engineering Department and Appalachian State University.