The Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council is working with University of Minnesota researchers to develop a new way to make biodiesel. CEO Tom Slunecka says Plasma Blue heats molecules in a new way. “We’re using electricity to drive the excitement of the electrons so that they can either come together and form new chemicals or biodiesel or we change the power just slightly and we can break things apart.” Plasma Blue has gone beyond biodiesel production to solve another problem. “If we’re concerned about contamination in our water, whether that be viruses, bacteria, fungi or even that most pesky of new chemicals, PFAS, our process can break those apart with very little expense and a very simple applied technology.”
