Neste Oil Oyj expects to start operations of a renewable diesel plant in Singapore in the “last month of the year,” Chief Executive Officer Matti Lievonen said on a conference call, according to Bloomberg.

The company expects to start its Rotterdam renewable diesel unit in the second quarter of 2011, he said.

 

Unlike biodiesel, which is typically mixed in a 5-7% proportion with conventional fuels, renewable diesel can be diluted up to 100%, making it ideal for blending and cleaning up dirtier motor fuels.