Saturday, November 13, 2010

Greenhunter biodiesel refinery to be closed for up to eight weeks - Houston Business Journal:

http://www.tx-mc-alphaphi.org/index.html?subaction=showfull&id=1266014845&archive=&start_from=&ucat=&
Grapevine, Texas-based (AMEX: GRH) says its renewable fuele campus on the Houstoj Ship Channel has lost powere and that it does not expect it back for as long as two While some flooddamagw occurred, the main structures of the refinery remain in tact. GreenHuntefr has temporary power coming fromtwo “Damage to major process equipment is minimal,” said Bruce senior vice president of technology and engineerin g for GreenHunter BioFuels. “We have discovered damage to smallerreagen tanks, intermediate tanks and their interconnectint piping and pumps, as well as damage to the foundations of smallert tanks.
Given the sheer volums of water and the extremes flood levels thatwe faced, our initial assessment is that we sustainedr overall minor to moderate The refinery was shut down and evacuatecd two days before Ike made landfall.

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