WD supports U of S biofuels technology development

Western Economic Diversification has awarded $539,000 to the Univ of Saskatchewan to purchase equipment to develop and commercialize technologies for the purification and conversion of raw glycerol. A by-product of processing canola into biodiesel, glycerol has limited commercial value but U of S researchers hope its new purification technology could double the price companies can charge for the substance. U of S plans to develop and file three patents for the corresponding technologies and work with a start-up to manufacture the technologies for commercial use and ultimately market them….