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“The use of plant oil as fuel may seem insignificant today.
But such products can in time become just as important as kerosene and these coal-tar-products of today.”
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Rudolf Diesel (1911) inventor of the diesel engine
WELCOME TO 
NextCAT is commercializing a series of catalysts for use in biodiesel production, developed at the National Biofuels Energy Lab at Wayne State University.
Today, over 80% of the U.S. biodiesel producers sit idle due primarily to very high feedstock costs.
With a world class team of catalysis experts, an experienced management team, and industry leading strategic partners, NextCAT sits poised to help turnaround an industry that will not only lessen our dependence on foreign oil, but also improve our environment.
The NextCAT solution allows producers to lower their overall production costs through savings in not only the incoming feedstock but the process as well through fewer process steps and higher efficiency.
Let NextCAT enable you to enter the next generation of biodiesel production.
To find out more about the future of biodiesel click here
NextCAT News
10/3/11 - NextCAT is a Bio-Fuel Game Changer
9/21/11 - NextCAT is Selected Semi-Finalists for the Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition
8/25/11 - NextCAT Awarded Nearly $500,000 from NSF for Phase II SBIR
2/17/11 - Biodiesel Firm Licenses Wayne State Technology
1/20/11 - Automation Alley approves $250,000 in funding to NextCAT
9/30/10 - NextCAT Receives $250,000 in Funding
9/20/10 - NextCAT CEO Chuck Salley WBEZ radio interview during Midwest CleanTech conference
6/19/10 - NextCAT Awarded a $150,000 National Science Foundation Grant
5/17/10- NextCAT Catches the Attention of Xconomy
4/27/10 - NextCAT Featured in Crain's Detroit Business
4/22/10- NextCAT Receives Funding from the Newly Formed $5 MM First Step Venture Fund.
Industry News
10/19/11 - 2.5 Billion Gallons by 2017
6/2011 - EPA Proposes 2012 Renewable fuel Standards and 2013 Biomass-Based Diesel Volume
2/9/11 - Nation's Advanced Biofuel to Break Records This Year
1/12/11 - RFS2 Scores a Victory
11/17/10 - Biodiesel Tax Credit is Back