Today the Pikul Thong Development and Study Center is equipped with a large-capacity machine capable of extracting liquid glycerin from fatty acids. There is also a biodiesel pump with a nozzle at the methyl ester plant of the center, where vehicles come in to fuel up from the 1,000-liter biodiesel tank. Biodiesel production costs less than 20 baht a liter, and every 100 kilograms of raw palm nuts yields some 20 liters of biodiesel.