Biodiesel Industries, Inc., is a company founded by Mr Russell Teall over ten years ago for the purpose of developing and commercializing biodiesel production technology.  Under Mr. Teall’s leadership Biodiesel Industries has successfully evolved patented biodiesel production techniques for a wide variety of feedstocks. 

Beginning with laboratory scale demonstrations, it eventually lead to full scale commercial operations in California, Nevada, Colorado, Texas and Australia.  Biodiesel Industries recently broke ground on its newest facility located in Detroit, in conjunction with DaimlerChrysler (now Daimler, Chrysler), Bosch, Delphi and NextEnergy.  These plants utilize Teall’s patented process and have capacities of 3-20 million gallons per year.  They produce biodiesel predominantly from recycled fryer oils, but are capable of using a wide variety of other feedstocks, including crude vegetable oils and animal fats. 

Biodiesel Industries is continuing to actively develop improvements to the biodiesel production process in conjunction with the US Navy at the Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center at Naval Base Ventura County in California where a production unit is being used for research and development involving innovative feedstocks and other biobased products.  Additional commercial production facilities are under development with capacities in excess of 20 million gallons each.

Speaker Profile
Russell Teall is the President of Biodiesel Industries Inc. He has over fourteen years of experience in all aspects of the biodiesel industry.  He is the former Vice-Chairman of the National Biodiesel Board (“NBB,” the trade association for the biodiesel industry in the US), and former Chairman of NBB’s Legislative/Regulatory Committee, and is currently vice-chairman of the California Biodiesel Alliance. 

Prior to founding Biodiesel Industries, he provided biodiesel consulting services to private companies, governments and the National Biodiesel Board.  He has performed biodiesel feasibility studies throughout the US as well as Argentina, Australia, Canada, China, Ghana, India, Israel, Malaysia, Mexico, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.

Mr. Teall is a graduate of the University of California at Santa Barbara (1974) and holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of California at Berkeley’s School of Law (Boalt Hall, 1977).

Mr. Teall has held positions with the California Attorney General’s Office, the U.S. Congress and with a private firm as a litigation attorney.  Formerly the president of the National Boat Owners Association, he has directed various international tourism and environmental projects, and participated in numerous international trade missions as a representative for the State of Florida (under then Secretary of Commerce, Jeb Bush).  Mr. Teall has worked with the US government to develop biodiesel projects in China, India, the Philippines, Mexico and Thailand, and has helped to develop biodiesel standards in many areas of the world. He conducts workshops and speaks professionally at international conferences, and provides independent consulting services.

JatrophaWorld 2008 Miami Speaker
Day 1 – Tuesday, June 10
14:05 IDEAL CONDITION FOR GROWING JATROPHA IN USA
• Includes Research on cold tolerance
• Update on test plot in MEXICO

Overview of Presentation
This presentation by Russell Teall will focus upon his experience in growing jatropha under a wide range of conditions both in the US and internationally.  Suitable soil, rainfall, nutrients, temperature, plant spacing, pruning and harvesting are essential for successful jatropha plantation development.  Based upon feasibility studies and test plots operated in India, Mexico and the US, comparisons will be made and recommendations for the future development of jatropha in the US.  The development of cold weather tolerant jatropha will also be discussed.

JatrophaWorld 2008 is a showcase of all the latest trends and shifts occurring in the Jatropha value chain, bringing together on a single platform, the best expertise to discuss and analyze the present and future dynamics of Jatropha from a technological and socio-economic angle. To find more about JatrophaWorld in Miami from June 9 to 11, 2008, please visit http://www.futureenergyevents.com/jatropha/.