Madison, Wis.-based Best Energies Inc., which operates a 10 MMgy biodiesel plant in Cashton, Wis., has been awarded $1 million in grants and loans from the Wisconsin Energy Independence Fund to commercialize its process for producing biodiesel from crude corn oil extracted at ethanol plants. In addition, Sun Power Biodiesel LLC, a 3 MMgy biodiesel plant in Cumberland, Wis., has been awarded a $25,000 state Agriculture Development and Diversity grant to promote planting canola and sunflower crops in northern Wisconsin.