DES MOINES, IOWA – Alliant Energy's fleet of 800 service vehicles now sport a biodiesel and E-85 decal. Alliant Energy recently put into full gear a pilot program started last year to fuel its 800-vehicle fleet of service trucks by biodiesel and the E-85 blend of ethanol and accomplished it.
Read More →BOISE, IDAHO – Allied Waste is fully converting its garbage-hauling and recycling fleet to B-20 biodiesel fuel. Clean-burning fuel is especially important at a time of frequent air-quality alerts in the Treasure Valley, the company said.
Read More →WATERBURY, VT – Green Mountain Coffee Roasters will use B-20 biodiesel in all of its Waterbury-based route trucks and facilities vehicles.
Read More →SAN FRANCISCO – Fans who tuned into the Major League Baseball All-Star Game watched a broadcast powered by biodiesel. FOX Sports used B-20, a blend of 20 percent biodiesel and 80 percent diesel, in all of its generators, satellite trucks, and other diesel equipment at its television compound in San Francisco.
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Read More →SALEM, OR – The Oregon Legislature approved a bill intended to clean up old diesel engines in the state. It now moves to Gov. Ted Kulongoski's office
Read More →TOKYO, JAPAN – Japan's Isuzu Motors Ltd and Hino Motors Ltd will jointly develop technology for cleaning up emissions from diesel engines, in a bid to better compete with European and U.S. rivals.
Read More →LONDON, UK – Fast-food chain McDonald's has become the latest hospitality operator to commit to running its delivery fleet on biodiesel.
Read More →WATERBURY, VT — Green Mountain Coffee Roasters announced July 10 that it will use B-20 biodiesel in all of its Waterbury-based route trucks and facilities vehicles.
Read More →By next year, all 155 McDonald's delivery trucks will be running on biodiesel made of used cooking oil collected from the 1,200 restaurant locations in Britain.
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