French oil and gas giant Total announced on September 24 that it will invest more than 500 million euros ($584.6 million) to convert its Grandpuits refinery into a renewable diesel plant , processed animal fats and waste cooking oils.

"my country's biodiesel production technology is internationally leading, and the national standards have also been in line with international standards. However, due to insufficient promotion and application, the current domestic biodiesel production is declining year by year. As the world's second largest economy, China's domestic biodiesel use scale is not only far It is not as good as Europe and the United States and other countries, and there is a considerable gap compared with Latin American countries such as Argentina.” On August 1, Lin Jianmin, a professor-level senior engineer at the Sinopec Petrochemical Research Institute, said at the inaugural meeting of the Biodiesel Branch of the Beijing Clean Fuel Industry Association. .

Biodiesel usually refers to fatty acid methyl ester or ethyl ester formed by the reaction of vegetable oil, animal oil or waste oil (commonly known as "waste oil") and methanol or ethanol, also known as BD100 biodiesel, with high cetane number, low sulfur and no aromatic hydrocarbons It can be used as a blending component of diesel fuel for vehicles, and is an internationally recognized renewable clean fuel.