In Florida, the Palm Beach County bus system will convert its 115-bus fleet to an undisclosed biodiesel blend in January 2008. The County originally had looked at purchasing electric hybrids, but the project was cost-prohibitive.
This month, fleets in Helsinki, New Hampshire, San Antonio, Somerville (Mass.), and Thailand have announced biodiesel trials and conversions, including a total of more than 600 buses. Also, Sao Paulo has announced that it will deploy Scania biofuel buses in a trial.
In Michigan, Oakland County is converting its 225 heavy-duty truck fleet to B20 biodiesel by the end of the year. The County expects to save $30,000 per year on fuel and $20,000 per year on maintenanc...
In Florida, the Gainesville Regional Transit System will convert its fleets to biodiesel in fall 2008. The transition is partially funded by University of Florida students, who will pay a surcharg...
In Florida, the city of DeLand said that it aims to convert from B5 to B20 in summer 2008. The city converted from B2 to B5 in November.
Recently, the Gainesville Regional Transit System announced ...
In Florida, Lee County commissioners will vote shortly on a $1.3 million project to convert waste vegetable oil to biodiesel for county vehicles. The proposed facility would be built at the Gulf Coast...
In Florida, the Jaws ride at Universal Orlando is converting to biodiesel. The park owners, NBC Universal, said that the switch will result in better air and water quality, and results in a more pleas...
In Cuba, the United States Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay will convert to a biodiesel blend. The base, which is cut off from contact with Cuba, has to maintain a landfill which takes in 18,000 gallons p...
