Diamond Green Diesel
14891 E Airline Hwy, Norco, Louisiana, United States

In a joint venture called Diamond Green Diesel, Diamond Alternative Energy LLC, a subsidiary of Valero Energy Corporation, partnered with Darling Ingredients Inc. to build a 10,000-barrel-per-day renewable diesel refinery near the Valero St. Charles Refinery in Norco, La., to process recycled animal fat, used cooking oil, and other feedstocks into renewable diesel fuel.

• Through Diamond Alternative Energy, the effort marks Valero’s first advanced biofuels production, complementing its other alternative-energy efforts in ethanol and wind energy.
• For Darling, a leading global producer of sustainable food, feed and fuel ingredients from edible and inedible bionutrients, it is the first move into the mass scale production of renewable diesel.
• Fuels produced in the U.S. from biomass feedstocks can reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, improve energy security and bring jobs and investment.
• The facility at St. Charles is located near the existing refinery infrastructure.
• The plant is capable of annually converting approximately 1.3 billion pounds of fat into more than 150 million gallons of renewable “green” diesel.
• The product is compatible with petroleum-based diesel fuel and can be shipped by pipeline.
• Importantly, the fuel has a carbon lifecycle low enough to meet the most stringent low-carbon fuel standards.

About Diamond Alternative  ​

Diamond Alternative Energy LLC is a subsidiary of Valero Energy Corporation. Through its subsidiaries, Valero is an international manufacturer and marketer of transportation fuels, other petrochemical products and power. Based in San Antonio, Valero is No. 9 on the Fortune 500 list of U.S. companies ranked by total revenue, with stock listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “VLO.”   Through its refining subsidiaries, Valero is the world’s largest independent petroleum refiner with 16 refineries and a combined throughput capacity of approximately 3 million barrels per day. The company’s geographically diverse refining network stretches from the U.S. West Coast and Gulf Coast to Canada, the United Kingdom and the Caribbean.   Valero’s wholesale operations include approximately 7,300 branded wholesale outlets carrying the Valero, Diamond Shamrock, Shamrock and Beacon brands in the United States and the Caribbean; Ultramar in Canada; and Texaco in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Valero Renewable Fuels Company LLC is one of the nation’s largest ethanol producers, with 10 plants and annual production capacity of 1.2 billion gallons. Another Valero company, Diamond Shamrock Refining Company L.P., also operates a 50-megawatt wind farm in the Texas Panhandle under the name of Sunray Wind.

About Darling Ingredients 

Darling Ingredients Inc. is a global corporation developing and producing sustainable food, feed and fuel ingredients from natural and organic bionutrients. Darling collects and recycles animal by-products, bakery residuals and used cooking oil from poultry and meat processors, commercial bakeries, grocery stores, butcher shops, and food service establishments from around the world, and transforms these raw materials into useable ingredients for the pharmaceutical, food, pet food, feed, technical, fuel, bioenergy and fertilizer industries.     Founded in 1882, Darling is headquartered in Irving, Texas and operates over 200 locations on five continents.  As the largest renderer in North America, Darling’s nationwide service coverage provides a superior platform for the collection of animal fats and used cooking oil feedstock used at the Diamond Green Diesel facility.  For over 130 years, Darling’s growth and success has been founded on innovation and sustainability, creating new markets for its growing and diverse product portfolio. Pioneering the way, Darling has been producing biodiesel from animal fats and cooking oils since 1998, constructing the first commercial, flexible-feedstock biodiesel facilities in the U.S. and Canada.