Twin Rivers is among a growing number of businesses that are trying to gain control over soaring energy costs by producing it themselves. (Globe Photo/Wiqan Ang) Globe Photo/Wiqan Ang

Companies work to make own energy

Twin Rivers sets goal to be free of fossil fuel within next five years

By Robert Gavin

Globe Staff / July 9, 2007

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QUINCY -- For years, Twin Rivers Technologies sold the by products from soybean and other natural oils it processes to pet food makers. But as energy prices began to rise, the company found a better use for leftover oils: fuel. (Full article: 857 words)