Imperium Renewables (Seattle, Washington) | energy, biodiesel

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Imperium Renewables, Inc. was founded as Seattle Biodiesel, LLC in 2004 by John Plaza to commercialize his new design for Biodiesel refining. Saybr Contractors, the leading petroleum facility contractor in the Northwest, entered into a joint venture to construct the first commercial implementation of this biodiesel refinery technology in 2004. By early 2005, the refinery opened for business. Imperium Renewables, Inc. operates the Seattle refinery as a wholly owned subsidiary under the name Seattle Biodiesel, LLC with a yearly capacity of 5 million gallons per year. Seattle Biodiesel sells directly to leading fuel distributors including Pacific Northwest Energy Company (SC Oils), Associated Petroleum Products, Pettit Oil and SeaPort Petroleum among others.


In the spring of 2005, Imperium Renewables, Inc. was formed to commercialize our technology across the nation and around the world. In May of 2006 we announced development of one of the largest Biodiesel refineries in the country, designed for 100 million gallons per year, in Gray’s Harbor Washington. We expect construction of our Imperium Gray’s Harbor facility to be completed by Q3 2007. We are in site developments that we believe will deliver another 300 million gallons per year of capacity by the end of 2008.