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AFVI recognizes 'green' leaders

The Alternative Fuel Vehicle Institute (AFVI) has recognized outstanding leadership in the alternative fuels and vehicles industry as part of the Alternative Fuels & Vehicles Conference and Expo 2009 in Las Vegas NV...

CARB low-carbon plan
receives opposition

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) continues to receive opposition against its proposed low-carbon fuel standard...

Vision completes
hybrid truck tests

Vision Industries Corp, Los Angeles CA, has announced that its prototype zero emission plug-in electric/hydrogen fuel cell Tyrano truck completed the second stage of performance testing...

Diesel price
begins upward climb

For the second week in a row, the average price of diesel has risen--reaching $2.228 per gallon last week, a fraction of a cent higher than the week before...

Diesel, jet fuel demand drops in February

February diesel demand plunged 12 percent and jet fuel demand dropped 6.6 percent from a year ago, according to the American Petroleum Institute's Monthly Statistical Report...

Diesel price falls
to $2.090 per gallon

The average price of diesel fell to $2.090 per gallon last week, 7.3 cents lower than the week before...

DOE lowers forecast
for 2009 diesel price

The Department of Energy (DOE) continues to lower its projected average price for diesel in 2009--the latest report estimating $2.19 per gallon...

Diesel at lowest price since 2005

Last week's average price of diesel slid 5.6 cents to $2.13 per gallon, the lowest it has been since May of 2005...

Distillate deliveries
down in January

January deliveries of distillate fuel oil, which includes diesel fuel, fell 3.5 percent, and jet fuel deliveries slipped nearly 9 percent, according to the American Petroleum Institute (API)...

Canada to introduce biodiesel mandate by 2012

The Canadian government has announced that it will introduce a national on-road biodiesel mandate not before 2010, but no later than 2012, according to information from the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA)...

ACE asks UL
for ethanol explanation

The American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) has written a letter to Underwriters Laboratories (UL) asking for an explanation of why UL has changed its position on the ability of standard gasoline pumps to handle blends of ethanol up to 15 percent...

2009 diesel price to average $2.28

Diesel consumption in the United States is forecast to continue on a downward trend in 2009 while the price is expected to average $2.28 per gallon, according to Department of Energy (DOE) data...

DOE sets up
biofuel locator

The Department of Energy (DOE) has set up a Web site link for locating alternative fuel dispensers...

Scientists urging
biodiesel support

A group of scientists are endorsing the use of biodiesel and encouraging their peers to add their support, according to information from the National Biodiesel Board (NBB)...

Diesel price
down 2 cents

The average price of all types of on-road diesel fell another two cents last week to $2.246 per gallon, according to Department of Energy data...

Milwaukee terminal dedicated to biofuels

Innovation Fuels, and Tanco Milwaukee LLC, an affiliate of Hammond IN-based Wolf Lake Terminals, have partnered to operate a 312,000 barrel (45,000 metric tons) capacity terminal in the Port of Milwaukee WI...

Diesel price continues
on downward slide

After a 12-month roller coaster ride, the average price of diesel last week fell 2.8 cents to $2.268 per gallon, almost $1 per gallon less than the year before, according to data from the Department of Energy (DOE)...

Pennsylvania to require
diesel/biodiesel blend

The governor of Pennsylvania has confirmed that each gallon of diesel fuel in that state will contain at least two percent biodiesel starting in January of 2010, according to information from the National Biodiesel Board (NBB)...

ITCO begins study
on carbon footprint

The International Tank Container Organization (ITCO) has begun a study on the carbon footprint of tank containers compared to drums, flexibags, and parcel tanker ships...

Diesel price returns
to downward trend

After a brief run-up, the average price of diesel fell 1.8 cents per gallon last week to $2.296, according to Department of Energy (DOE) data...

Fleet managers express SCR preferences

Twice as many fleet managers prefer selective catalytic reduction (SCR) for 2010 engines over exhaust gas recirculation (EGR), according to a national research study conducted in November 2008 by Quixote Group Research. ...

Innovation Fuels
buys biodiesel terminal

Innovation Fuels, New York, NY, has closed on the purchase of a 310,000 barrel (43,000 metric tons) capacity terminal located on 10 acres in the Port of Milwaukee WI...

Petroleum demand shrinks to 2003 levels

Total US petroleum demand shrank to its lowest levels since 2003 due to the combined effects of higher prices early in the year and a weakening economy as the year progressed, according to information from the American Petroleum Institute (API)...

Cummins engines to meet EPA 2010 mandate

Cummins Inc, Columbus OH, has announced that its on-highway product range, including its industry-leading ISX, will be ready to meet new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations for the North American market beginning in 2010...

2009 diesel prices expected to fall

Economic contraction in 2009 and lower projected crude oil prices are expected to reduce annual average retail diesel fuel prices in 2009 to $2.27 per gallon, according to the Department of Energy (DOE) Short-Term Energy Outlook released January 13...

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