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United Biofuels Awarded Pennsylvania Renewable Fuel Incentive Grant
United Biofuels has been awarded a Pennsylvania Commonwealth grant to invest in innovative technology. The grant was created to support new technologies in the development of renewable energies in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. United Biofuels is planning to implement such technologies as alternative feedstock processing as well as new in-house developed systems that will reduce water and energy usage as well as improve the quality of our biodiesel.
We are excited to be recognized for our steps in developing new technologies in the bioidesel industry, and believe that this partnership with the commonwealth will foster useful development of the renewable energy industry. More information on the grant program can be found at the Department of Environmental Protection website. 2007-10-26 16:10:06 GMT
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Oil is the life blood of the nation’s economy. However, the country’s current oil sources and insatiable consumption present a set of enormous challenges: Heavy reliance on foreign oil threatens the nation’s energy security. Air pollution severely damages public health. Greenhouse gas emissions contribute to global warming. Diesel fuel is a significant component of this problem. Representing 23 percent of the oil used for transportation and home heating, diesel fuel adds 428 million tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, contributes to the premature deaths of 21,000 Americans, and requires 29 billion gallons of oil imports—each year.
There is a unique, ready solution to this diesel problem—biodiesel. A renewable, alternative fuel made from vegetable oil, biodiesel is domestically produced, clean burning, and requires no engine modifications or infrastructure investments. Thus, for diesel’s primary consumers—the transportation and home heating industries—our nation’s energy challenge can be affordably addressed through biodiesel use today.