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Phillips BioFuels is now a registered BioHeat® wholesaler/supplier.
Phillips BioFuel Supply is pleased to announce the launch of www.bioheatonline.com an exciting new website designed to educate customers and fuel dealers on the amazing properties of Bioheat®, an environmentally-friendly home heating oil blended with pure biodiesel.
As you are aware Bioheat® will help meet the increasing demand for cleaner and greener home heat. Their creative team had two distinct objectives in mind when developing this fantastic site – to educate home heating oil customers and dealers on the benefits of Bioheat® and to provide top-notch marketing tools for local heating oil dealers. With a simple, video-based approach, www.bioheatonline.com features personable hosts who walk consumers through the basics of biodiesel and Bioheat® while explaining the benefits for our country, our environment, and our homes.
For heating oil dealers, the site provides technical resources and clear, concise information about blending and selling Bioheat® to consumers. The site also encourages heating oil dealers to register online to become Bioheat® dealers. Once registered, dealers are given access to professionally produced advertising and marketing materials, customizable for their market, with the help of the Shaw Company, the campaign’s creator and authorized facilitator. In addition to marketing materials, fuel dealers, OEM’s and fuel wholesalers will have access to the Bioheat hotline at 1-877-B5-1-LINE, where they can discuss technical issues with the industry professionals coordinated by Advanced Fuel Solutions, Inc., the biodiesel board’s petroleum liaison.
I encourage you to share this link with others that may be positively impacted with this new informational tool. For industry leaders feel free to link to the website and promote it with your constituents through newsletters and e-mail communications. For The heating oil dealers feel free to share it with your customer base to begin acclimating them to the new wave in home heating oil. The market is ready to go green and now they’ve got all the tools to do it at www.bioheatonline.com.
Notice - now you can also voice your support for biofuel by joining the National Biodiesel Board's Biodiesel Alliance. Membership is FREE and joining just takes a minute.
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Welcome to Phillips BioDiesel/BioFuel
Phillips BioFuels Mission - We believe that helping everyone to access a reliable supply of ASTM spec Biodiesel is a great way to reduce our dependence on petroleum, while helping Vermont and Americas farm community, providing a better performing product then petroleum based fuels alone, and helping to make a positive change for the environment. Feel free to email us with any questions, or call 802-879-6219 Environmental Statement - Phillips BioFuels is committed to the promise that we will not sell any non-sustainably certified palm oil based biofuels due to the current threat to endangered species and habitats. From NBB.com The National Biodiesel Board today praised the Iowa Senate for passing legislation to take the state a step closer to implementing an alternative fuel standard. If approved by the House the legislation, SF464, would ensure that the state's diesel fuel contains 5 percent biodiesel (B5). " The legislation would add Biodiesel is a sustainable, renewable alternative to diesel fuel that reduces greenhouse gases and other emissions, and is nontoxic and biodegradable. Biodiesel contains no petroleum, but it can be blended at any level with petroleum diesel. Blends can be used in diesel engines with few or no modifications. In fact blends of up to 5 percent biodiesel, such as fuel supported by SF464, are legally considered diesel, eliminating any operational or potential warranty concerns. B5 also boasts premium performance characteristics, so a high quality biodiesel blend will enhance the state's diesel supply.
NBB APPLAUDS THE EPA FOR HIGHLIGHTING RULE TO IMPLEMENT USAGE OF 500 MILLION GALLONS OF BIODIESEL IN 2009 A statement from EPA yesterday reiterated that the requirement is mandated by the 2009 Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS). Joe Jobe, the CEO of the National Biodiesel Board (NBB) applauded the EPA for their diligence to ensure that obligated parties would be required to use 500 million gallons of biomass-based diesel to meet these requirements. "Biodiesel is a proven alternative that is ready now; with the highest energy balance of any renewable fuel, its growing economic impact of creating new 'green' jobs and an alternative that brings the The EPA release stated, "It would behoove them (referring to the obligated parties) to acquire the necessary Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) representing biodiesel and renewable diesel in 2009 in preparation for their 2010 compliance demonstration. "I, along with the entire staff of the NBB look forward to working with both the petroleum and diesel industry to ensure that the RFS for 2009 are met without any complication and will provide any assistance needed to fully comply with the upcoming RFS and ensure 500 million gallons of biodiesel will enter the market next year," Jobe concluded. ####
NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jennifer Weaver / ASG Renaissance 734-904-3822 Jenna Higgins/NBB 800-841-5849 June 20, 2008
Big Win for Biodiesel: ASTM Approves New Biodiesel Blend Specifications Automakers, Fleets Encouraged by New Biodiesel Standards
Vancouver, B.C.– The biodiesel industry is celebrating today following last night’s final vote by the ASTM International D02 Main Committee to approve a trio of long-awaited ASTM specifications for biodiesel blends. After more than five years of extensive research and subsequent balloting by the ASTM fuel experts in the blended fuel balloting process, ASTM has finally voted to approve three key sets of biodiesel specifications that should significantly bolster automaker support and consumer demand for biodiesel:
* Changes to the existing B100 biodiesel blend stock specification (ASTM D6751) * Finished specifications to include up to 5% biodiesel (B5) in the conventional petrodiesel specification (ASTM D975) * A new specification for blends of between 6 percent biodiesel (B6) to 20 percent biodiesel (B20) for on and off road diesel.
Automakers and engine manufacturers have been requesting a finished blend specification for B20 biodiesel blends for several years, with some citing the need for that spec as the single greatest hurdle preventing their full-scale acceptance of B20 use in their diesel vehicles.
Steve Howell, Chairman of the ASTM Biodiesel Task Force, said, “The new ASTM specifications for B6-B20 blends will aid engine manufacturers in their engine design and testing processes to optimize the performance of vehicles running on biodiesel. The new specifications will also help ensure that only the highest quality biodiesel blends are made available to consumers at the retail pump.”
Automaker Chrysler LLC was instrumental in working with the ASTM task force toward B20 specification development and approval, having supported fleet use of B20 in its Dodge Ram diesel pickups since January 2006. Chrysler Safety and Regulatory spokesman Max Gates stated, “This action by the ASTM committee is a milestone in our nation’s effort to expand the role of renewable fuels, including biodiesel, in addressing our energy, environmental and economic challenges. Chrysler LLC is committed to working with our partners in the transportation industry to build on this action and make biodiesel an alternative available to all of our customers.”
John Gaydash, Director of Marketing for General Motors Fleet and Commercial Operations, said, “The new ASTM spec for B6 – B20 is a major building block in GM’s efforts to elevate biodiesel as part of our overall energy diversity strategy. We are eager to work with the National Biodiesel Board on efforts to continue to ensure biodiesel fuel quality, as well as to increase our support for biodiesel use in our diesel vehicle lineup.” Currently, GM accepts the use of B5 in all of its diesel vehicles, and offers B20 use as a Special Equipment Option (SEO). The SEO is available to government fleets on specific configurations of the Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra Heavy Duty Pickups, as well as the GMC Savanna and Chevy Express Commercial Cutaway Vans.
The final passage of the new ASTM specifications for biodiesel is welcome news for fleets as well. “We have been running our entire fleet on B20 biodiesel blends for the past seven years in order to meet state requirements for alternative fuel use, and because it is the right thing to do to help clean up our environment,” said James Morwood, Fleet Services Manager for the Las Vegas Valley Water District. “In some cases that has meant exceeding the biodiesel blend level recommended by some of the automakers represented in our fleet. It is reassuring to know that those automakers now have the ASTM specifications they have said they need in order for them to fully support B20 use.”
The approval of ASTM specifications for inclusion of up to 5% biodiesel (B5) in the regular diesel fuel pool also means that biodiesel could soon become more readily available at retail fueling stations nationwide.
The ASTM International Main Committee also approved a fourth set of specifications for inclusion of B5 biodiesel in heating oil. Marketed as Bioheat®, biodiesel is gaining popularity as a home heating oil, particularly in the Northeast United States.
Biodiesel is a domestically produced, renewable alternative to diesel fuel and can be made from plant oils, animal fats, recycled cooking oils or new sources such as algae. Biodiesel must be properly processed to meet the approved ASTM specifications regardless of the feedstock used to produce it. Biodiesel blends up to B20 meeting ASTM specifications can be used in any diesel engine without modifications, and nearly all major automakers and engine manufacturers in the U.S. currently accept the use of at least B5, with some such as Caterpillar, Cummins, John Deere and New Holland already accepting blends of B20 or higher. Several more companies are expected to raise their approvals to B20 now that the final ASTM specifications for B6-B20 blends have been approved. ASTM Subcommittee Passes New Specification for 20 Percent Biodiesel
PHOENIX– After nearly six years of collaboration, ASTM has taken a leap forward in the process of creating a new specification that will cover blends of six-to-20 percent biodiesel (B6 – B20). The biodiesel blend specification passed out of ASTM International’s D02 Subcommittee E at the semi-annual ASTM meetings held in
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WASHINGTON, D.C.– The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) applauds the U.S. House of Representatives' passage of energy legislation with broad renewable fuel provisions. The Energy Independence and Security Act (H.R. 6) expands the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) in a manner that will encourage increased use of biodiesel, and extends the federal biodiesel tax incentive. # # # More information about biodiesel can be found at www.biodiesel.org Biodiesel Stands Up to Sub-Zero TemperaturesWhen snow falls at a rate of several inches per hour and all signs point to perfect weekend ski conditions, Jim Mersereau knows he has a lot riding on successful operation of his snow grooming equipment. Jenna Higgins
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biodiesel quality assurance program is becoming the international leader in biodiesel quality assurance. Canadian Bioenergy Corporation has recently become the first BQ-9000 Certified Marketer of biodiesel in Canada. BQ-9000 is a voluntary fuel quality assurance program, adopted by the National Biodiesel Board and the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association. With international interest in the program, biodiesel consumers in both the U.S. and other nations have begun to search for fuel accordingly. “Quality is everything -- it's always been our top priority and the BQ-9000 process was a natural evolution for our operations,” said Alex Russell,Assistant Director of Fuel Operations at Canadian Bioenergy. “Our customers, from coast to coast, have consistently told us how critical it is to their success, as end-users and as resellers.” Russell has spent the past two years developing quality systems which adhere to the BQ-9000 protocols. Leland Tong, chairman of the National Biodiesel Accreditation Commission (NBAC) that oversees BQ-9000, echoes those sentiments. “We’re constantlyhearing that more and more consumers in both the U.S. and Canada are making it a priority to seek out biodiesel from BQ-9000-accredited companies,” he said. “By completing this process, Canadian Bioenergy sets the mark for other companies in Canada. We anticipate that it will be one of many Canadian companies to come.” BQ-9000 couples the foundation of universally accepted quality management systems with the product specification ASTM D 6751, and has become the premier quality designation in the industry. The program covers storage, sampling, testing, blending,shipping, distribution and fuel management practices. Both producers and marketers are eligible to become either an Accredited Producer or Certified Marketer under BQ-9000. Canadian Bioenergy representsthe first company in Canada for either BQ-9000 designation. “The bottom line is that biodiesel has to perform,” said Ian Thomson, President of Canadian Bioenergy and the Alberta Biodiesel Association. “If there's a quality issue, it hurts the entire industry. We have made great progress in the past year on quality across North America. The combination of BQ-9000 accredited production with BQ-9000 certified marketing has become critical to large end-users. This is the direction we're going in Canada to make sure biodiesel is as successful here as it is in the U.S. and Europe." Tong said that he is seeing broader international interestin BQ-9000 participation. “The NBAC receives requests monthly from biodiesel companies all over the world,” said Tong. “As a commission, we are in the process of determining how best to meet the demand for a global quality assurance certification program.” Canadian Bioenergy, www.canadianbioenergy.com, is a biodieseldistributor, but has announced plans to construct a biodiesel production facility on land adjacent to a canola crushing and refining plant near Edmonton, Alberta. # # #
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Largest biodiesel production facility in
The largest biodiesel production facility in New England is one Biodiesel is a diesel fuel made from American resources including virgin vegetable oils Unlike fossil based diesel fuels, these We sell only agriculturally sourced biofuel,
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Why use biodiesel?
Biodiesel is an American made and farm based renewable fuel. Biodiesel fits well under the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPAct) which is in place to help ensure national energy security through replacing imported petroleum products with American made alternative fuels
Since the beginning of the 21st century, biodiesel has been America’s fastest growing fuel because it works better than petroleum in existing diesel engines, improves our energy security, cleans our air and supports our local and national farm economy. Click here to go to the National Biodiesel Boards fact sheets and FAQ's pages.
Biodiesel is the only alternative fuel in the US to complete EPA Tier I Health Effects Testing under section 211(b) of the Clean Air Act, which provide the most thorough
inventory of environmental and human health effects attributes that current technology will allow.
Biodiesel is 11% oxygen by weight and contains no sulfur. The use of biodiesel can extend the life of diesel engines because it is more lubricating than petroleum diesel fuel, while fuel consumption, auto ignition, power output, and engine torque are generally either unaffected or actually improved by the use of biodiesel.
BEWARE - Don't take chances with a non-ASTM product.
Some individuals sell locally produced biofuels without the ASTM spec certification. This 'non-spec' product is sometimes sold as being for 'off-road' use, but if you use it in any off road equipment application, you still risk engine damage and as well will most certainly void any manufacturer's warranty.
Phillips BioFuels strongly recommends against the use of ANY non-ASTM fuel.
What is “ASTM”?
ASTM Standards
The American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) Biodiesel Task Force began working on a standard for Biodiesel in 1994 and issued Specification D 6751 in 2002 covering all biodiesel fuel bought and sold in the United States.
The ASTM Biodiesel Standard is designed to protect consumers from inferior quality or even dangerous products, and reduce the cost of buying and selling Biodiesel.
Using a non ASTM or off spec biofuel product leaves the user open to a whole host of potential problems from a possibly unreliable or unsafe fuel.
Why is the ASTM spec standard so important?
Since biodiesel is fairly easy to make in small quantities, many people make their own. However, this is not unlike distilling alcohol on your own. While one batch may be just fine, the next one may cause blindness or even death.
When someone uses non ASTM spec or off spec fuels, there is NO assurance of quality or quality control in the final product.
IMPORTANT!
Engine manufacturers warranties are voided if non- ASTM spec fuel is used.
Damage to motors or heating equipment can result, and the consumer has no recourse.
With Phillips BioDiesel you are assured of receiving a high quality reliable ASTM compliant standardized product, completely safe for use in all normal applications.
Biodiesel Fast Facts
Over 250 US cities are currently using biodiesel, including more than 10,000 buses, and biodiesel fuel has over 60 million miles of in-the-field use.
Biodiesel improves air quality by sharply reducing the emissions, including particulate matter, that straight petroleum diesel releases when it burns.
Biodiesel-powered engines deliver similar or better torque, horsepower and miles per gallon as petroleum-powered diesels.
Biodiesel does not require new refueling stations, new parts inventories or expensive engine modifications.
France is currently the world's largest producer of biodiesel, using it as heating oil and also in 50 percent blends with petrodiesel for vehicles.
Biodiesel has undergone rigorous testing including emissions, health effects and road-worthiness. Biodiesel has a higher cetane rating than petroleum diesel, and a better emissions profile. It contains no aromatics or sulfur, and is a superior engine lubricant. Federal, state and private fleets have logged well over 60,000,000 miles of 'in-field' use.
Biodiesel is used at different blend levels to achieve different results. Pure 100% biodiesel (B100) is used in pristine environments like the Channel Islands National Park because it is completely biodegradable and non-toxic to plants, animals and humans. Blended biodiesel (B20 or 20% biodiesel) is used by proactive fleets like the U.S. military, the Vermont and North Carolina Department of Transportation and dozens of school bus and public transportation fleets to improve our energy security and to reduce the presence of air toxins. Low blends (B2, B5) are utilized as a premium diesel throughout the mid west to take advantage of biodiesel’s excellent lubricity and to displace foreign oil imports with American grown fuel.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in 1998 performed the prevailing life cycle study of the energy balance of biodiesel. It found that for every one unit of fossil energy used in the entire biodiesel production cycle, 3.2 unit of energy are gained when the fuel is burned, or a positive energy balance of 320 percent.
A free copy of this study is available on the page of this website.
Biodiesel has the highest energy balance of any transportation fuel. In addition it significantly reduces most regulated emissions and is nontoxic and biodegradable.
For complete information on the benefits of using biodiesel go to the National Biodiesel Board web site.
Earning EPAct Credits With Biodiesel
Federal, state and public utility fleets required to collect Alternative Fuel Vehicle (AFV) credits under the Energy Policy Act (EPAct) of 1992 can use biodiesel blended fuel as their best, least-cost compliance option.
Under the EPAct Amendment of 1998:
Fleets may choose to operate existing diesel vehicles that weigh more than 8500 pounds on blends of biodiesel in lieu of purchasing new AFVs.
For each 450 gallons of biodiesel purchased and consumed, a full vehicle credit is awarded.
The biodiesel component of the fuel blend must constitute at least 20 percent of the volume of the fuel (B20).
No additional credit is given for the actual vehicles operating on the biodiesel-blend fuel.
No additional credits will be given for biodiesel used in vehicles that have already been counted by a fleet toward its AFV acquisition requirements.
Fleets may substitute their biodiesel fuel consumption for up to 50 percent of their total annual AFV purchase requirements.
Biodiesel fuel use credits cannot be banked or traded.
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) determined in 1998 that using biodiesel is the best least-cost option among the alternative fuel choices available to meet AFV requirements.
The EPAct amendment does not impose any new requirements on covered fleets. Instead, it provides greater flexibility for fleet operators who already have the responsibility of complying with the requirements
of EPAct to further its goal of reducing dependence on imported petroleum.
For more information on EPAct, visithttp://www.eere.energy.gov/vehiclesandfuels.
Since the beginning of the 21st century, biodiesel has been America’s fastest growing fuel because it works better than petroleum in existing diesel engines, improves our energy security, cleans our air and supports our local and national farm economy. Click here to go to the National Biodiesel Boards fact sheets and FAQ's pages.
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