South Carolina High School Receives Grant from Dominion Energy for Biodiesel Program
by Ron Kotrba (Biobased Diesel Daily) In late January Dominion Energy announced that the Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation has awarded more than $236,000 in environmental stewardship grants to 15 organizations across South Carolina.
One of the grant recipients was Blythewood High School’s Bengal Biodiesel program, which officially opened its new laboratory last year on National Biodiesel Day, March 18.
The program supports a chemistry class taught by Will Epps that allows students to work together and learn the ins and outs of recycling used cooking oil and chemically converting the material into biodiesel fuel.
The student-run laboratory produces biodiesel, connects students with local industry, and increases student knowledge on environmentally friendly practices.
Richland School District Two in Blythewood, South Carolina, told Biobased Diesel Daily that the $5,000 grant from Dominion Energy “was used to buy furniture to transfer the classroom into a real-world industrial space for classroom instruction and analytical purposes.”
Part of the grant will also go for student-made marketing materials.
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For more information about the Bengal Biodiesel program in Blythewood, South Carolina, click here.
The class has increased production capacity over the past two years from 1 gallon per week to 150 gallons per week. READ MORE
Blythewood High students turn cooking oil into biodiesel, preparing for careers in STEM (WACH Fox 57)
