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Biodiesel
The fastest growing and most efficient alternative fuel in America
Biodiesel is a renewable, clean-burning, alternative fuel derived from select natural plant oils, animal fats, and non-food crops. Typically blended with petroleum diesel for use in diesel vehicles, biodiesel requires few or no engine modifications, and has demonstrated significant environmental and economic benefits for fleet operations and other consumer end uses.
Plus, as the most energy-efficient transportation fuel, biodiesel has the highest "energy balance" of any transportation fuel. For every unit of fossil energy required to make biodiesel, 3.2 units of energy are gained. This 320% increase accounts for feedstock planting, harvesting, fuel production, and fuel transportation to end users.
Green Earth's biodiesel fuel is consistently high in product quality and meets the stringent specifications of the American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM). It exceeds typical biofuel carbon and energy balances, avoids the need for changes in petrochemical infrastructure and distribution systems, and supports both America's agricultural economy and its national energy security.
A convenient alternative
Biodiesel blends up to 20% (B20) may be stored in standard diesel fuel tanks and pumped with conventional fuel equipment. Most significantly, biodiesel is easily incorporated into the existing petroleum-diesel infrastructure. In blends of B20 or less, biodiesel is literally a "pour in" technology; no new equipment or equipment modifications are necessary.
Green Earth Fuels operates production and distribution sites that are independently located within petrochemical infrastructures in key U.S. coastal locations, allowing for more efficient integration of biofuels with existing diesel or petroleum blends, and avoiding the need for changes in petrochemical infrastructure and distribution systems.
Growing production potential
The National Biodiesel Board estimates the following U.S. sales volume of biodiesel fuel:
A cleaner, safer alternative
- Biodiesel is registered as a fuel and fuel additive with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
- Biodiesel has been designated an alternative fuel by both the Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Department of Transportation.
- Biodiesel production more than doubled last year to an estimated 225 million gallons.
- Nearly 300 million gallons of biodiesel will be produced this year by American companies in as many as 100 facilities nationwide.
- The Port of Houston is widely considered the main point of entry for oil distribution in the country.