It's Baton Rouge: Out To Lunch

One of the biggest business stories in Louisiana today is in the growth of the renewable energy sector. With a growing acceptance of climate change, and policies in Washington that incentivize the development of renewable energy sources, it’s an exciting time to be in the clean energy space. Louisiana, because it already is home to so many petrochemical facilities, is uniquely positioned to capitalize on the growth. But renewable energy and clean energy are terms that get thrown around freely and actually cover a wide variety of energy types. There is even some disagreement about whether certain types of clean energy are really as clean as they claim to be. What’s going on in Louisiana and where do the opportunities lie? Renewable Diesel is a Big Deal One person who certainly knows what's going in the renewable energy sector locally and worldwide is Bryan Christjansen, General Manager of  Renewable Energy Group’s facility in Geismar. REG produces about 75 million gallons of renewable diesel each year, and ren