FreightWaves asks experts how cooking oil goes from frying food to fueling vehicles and answers the question: Does it smell like french fries?
The “diesel nut” project between Chevron and Texas A&M AgriLife researchers aims to create a new breed of peanuts as a renewable fuel source.
Estimates are for increases in supply of several hundred percent, raising the question of whether there are enough raw materials to reach those renewable diesel goals.
Union Pacific will test B20 biodiesel and R55 renewable diesel on the locomotives that it acquired from Wabtec. The western U.S. railroad also said it reduced fuel consumption for three years in a row.
“Partnering with Bunker Holding will accelerate the marine industry adoption of biodiesel to achieve aggressive carbon reduction goals,” said Bob Kenyon, senior vice president of sales and marketing at REG.
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Progress Rail will use Union Pacific locomotives that are capable of handling a biodiesel blend of 20%.
The Diesel Technology Forum released data that the newest generation of diesel trucks provides massive greenhouse gas emissions and air-quality benefits.
A National Biodiesel Board study estimated that biodiesel exhaust is 72% less carcinogenic than exhaust from conventional diesel.
The Fuels Institute dives deep to find the impacts that different transportation-related environmental initiatives have on consumers and the environment.
