Expanding Market and Future Use for Diesel Fuel and Vehicle Technology, Greater Use of Biodiesel in the Southeast and Prospects for Second Generation Renewable Diesel Fuels

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May 23, 2011

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(Diesel Technology Forum) A near-capacity room of Congressional staff members, industry and energy representatives gathered on Capitol Hill on May 13^th to hear a diverse group of speakers – including U.S. Rep. Roscoe Bartlett – discuss clean diesel technology and renewable diesel’s role in “Fueling the Future in a Green Economy.”
The three-part Congressional luncheon series focusing on making U.S. transportation and goods movement more fuel efficient and environmentally-friendly is being hosted by the Diesel Technology Forum. The luncheon series will closely examine how commercial availability of renewable diesel fuel and further fuel economy enhancements such as those currently underway in the U.S. Department of Energy’s vehicle technologies program make diesel technology a smart, high-value, low-cost investment for reducing America’s dependence on petroleum.
…Charise Stephens, the Executive Director of the Middle Georgia Clean Cities Coalition, spoke about the “I 75 Green Corridor Project” which has the goal of establishing I‐75 as the nation’s longest biofuels corridor. To accomplish this, several Clean Cities Coalitions are installing enough E85 and B20 pumps to allow travel from Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan to Miami, FL on those fuels. So far, Stephens said four stations were completed in Lexington, Atlanta, Gainesville and Miami. READ MORE

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