>From: "ARS News Service" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "ARS News List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Largest-Ever Single Biodiesel Contract >Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 09:37:12 -0500 > >STORY LEAD: >Research Center Is Customer for Largest-Ever Single Biodiesel Contract > >___________________________________________ > >ARS News Service >Agricultural Research Service, USDA >Don Comis, (301) 504-1625, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >April 4, 2002 >___________________________________________ > >The flagship research center of the Agricultural Research Service will be >one of the beneficiaries of the largest-ever single contract for the >biodiesel fuel known as B20--a blend of 20 percent biodiesel and 80 percent >regular diesel. The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has contracted to have >more than 1.5 million gallons of B20 delivered to military and civilian >locations nationwide through July 2002. > >Under this contract, the Henry A. Wallace Beltsville (Md.) Agricultural >Research Center, which uses more than 100,000 gallons of B20 per year, will >now get pre-blended B20 biodiesel fuel delivered. The center uses biodiesel >in its entire fleet of more than 150 diesel vehicles, in standby generators, >and in boilers to provide steam for heating buildings and for research >equipment that uses steam to sterilize. > >The DOD contract allows federal agencies to buy B20 biodiesel at a low >price--currently 82 cents per gallon, which is competitive with petroleum >diesel wholesale and retail prices. The federal government is turning to >biodiesel as a cleaner-burning alternative in diesel-powered vehicles and >equipment. > >The Beltsville center expects that heating use will expand its demand for >B20 to more than 300,000 gallons a year, especially in severe winters. At >that usage level and at today's price, the center would save $144,000 a year >in biodiesel costs because of the DOD contract. > >Biodiesel can be made by the reaction of vegetable oils, animal fats or >spent cooking greases with alcohol. > >More information on the ARS bioenergy program can be found in the April 2002 >issue of Agricultural Research magazine, online at: >http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/archive/apr02/bio0402.htm > >ARS is the chief scientific research agency of the U.S. Department of >Agriculture. > >___________________________________________ >* This is one of the news reports that ARS Information distributes to >subscribers on weekdays. >* You can start an e-mail subscription at >www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/subscribe.htm >* The latest news is always at www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/thelatest.htm >* [EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.ars.usda.gov/is | phone (301) 504-1638 | >fax (301) 504-1648
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