New Orleans Biodiesel Initiative

New Orleans Biodiesel Initiative (NOBI)

Alternative Energy

The New Orleans Biodiesel Initiative was active in the spring and summer of 2006 as a biodiesel processing enterprise in post-Katrina New Orleans. The Big Easy loves its fried food, producing hundreds of thousands of gallons of waste vegetable oil each year. Furthermore, the warm climate is ideal for running vehicles on B100 or even Straight Vegetable Oil (SVO). In 2006, Topher Mira and Bengy Adler began building the infrastructure to produce several thousand gallons of biodiesel a year. Throughout the winter and spring, they worked on developing a processor, filtration system and contracting with restaurants throughout the city to collect their waste vegetable oil.

Though this project is no longer active, Topher has since partnered with Eileen Beall to form NOBI, LLC, a for-profit employee co-op that produces and sells biodiesel in New Orleans. If you want to get involved in the cooperative, find out about future biodiesel workshops, or purchase biodiesel, please contact Topher at topher (at) nobifuel.com or Eileen at eileen (at) nobifuel.com. You can also visit their site at www.nobifuel.com.
Thank you!! Please call if you have any questions,
Eileen 541-390-5402 or you can call Topher at 413-695-8636.