Biodiesel Capacity Grows in Indiana

A French company plans to build a plant capable of producing more than 80 million gallons of biodiesel each year in northern Indiana, state officials announced.

Louis Dreyfus Agriculture Industries plans this spring to start building the $135 million plant, which would employ 85 workers, according to a news release from Gov. Mitch Daniels' office.

It will be the ninth biofuel plant in development in Indiana; the only one already in operation is the ethanol plant in South Bend. Biofuel plants use natural products such as corn to create fuel additives and other energy sources.

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