advertising Enterprise Holdings, owner and operator of the Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car brands, is piloting a program with Mansfield Oil Company to use renewable synthetic diesel fuel in its airport shuttle buses at Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans and Houston Hobby Airport in Texas. In February, Dynamic Fuels, LLC, a 50/50 [...]
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Every trucker needs auto insurance.Enterprise piloting program with Mansfield Oil for renewable synthetic diesel in airport shuttle buses
October 3rd, 2012 
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Study finds clear trend of increasing NOx with higher biodiesel blends with CARB diesel
September 5th, 2012 Aaron Turpen advertising A study by researchers at the University of California, Riverside’s College of Engineering – Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT) and colleagues at the California Air Resources Board (ARB) found a relatively clear trend of increasing NOx emissions with increasing biodiesel blend level at levels of B20 and above for CARB-like/high cetane diesel fuels. [...]
US Navy and USDA make $30M available for commercial-scale advanced drop-in biofuels
July 10th, 2012 Aaron Turpen The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Navy will provide $30 million in federal funding (FOA-12-15-PKM) for Phase 1 projects to match private investments in commercial-scale advanced drop-in biofuels. The program envisions a subsequent investment of up to $180M in follow-on Phase 2 projects. The US Department of Energy (DOE) is also announcing a total of [...]
Hino Wins Award from National Biodiesel Board
February 9th, 2012 Aaron Turpen Hino Trucks was recognized this week by the National Biodiesel Board for promoting the fuel. Hino received the Eye on Biodiesel Impact Award for its promotion of the fuel. The National Biodiesel Board said Hino served as a “trailblazer” among manufacturers in supporting the use of B20 biodiesel blends in its engines. The Board says [...]
