Guantanamo Bay US naval base in Cuba converts to biodiesel

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 per year of waste cooking oil. The Navy purchased a biodiesel processor for the infamous base and terrorist holding center and is producing its own biodiesel which is blended with petrol for the base’s vehicle fleet.

The conversion is the latest in a series of high profile biodiesel conversions, which include the Jaws ride at Universal Orlando, the state of Maryland’s highway snowplows, and New Hampshire’s Sunapee ski resort.

Last month, fleets in Helsinki, New Hampshire, San Antonio, Somerville (Mass.), Palm Beach county (Fla.) and Thailand announced biodiesel trials and conversions, a total of more than 700 buses.

Free Subscription to the Daily Biofuels Digest e-newsletter

Related Stories

Oregon’s biodiesel producers compete for waste cooking oil as restaurants see windfall

In Oregon, competition is heating up for waste vegetable oil. Restaurants, which used to pay for haulage of waste product, are in some cases able to charge for their oil. The oil has a retail value of...

Swiss agency investing in Cuban waste-to-energy project using coffee, rice and forest residues

In Cuba, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (CUSUDE) announced that it will invest in a renewable energy biomass program through 2011 in Eastern Las Tunas, Santiago de Cuba and Guantána...

Pearl Harbor converts memorial shuttle fleet to B20 biodiesel

In Hawaii, Pearl Harbor Naval Base has commenced a conversion to B20 biodiesel with the switch of shuttle boats from the USS Arizona Memorial from the Visitors Center to B20 from Pacific Biodiesel. Pa...

Daily Biofuels Summary for November 12: Gitmo converts to biodiesel as congressional support for ethanol mandates wanes

Top Story: The Wall Street Journal editorialized on flagging support for ethanol mandates and subsidies. The editorial noted with approval Texas Senator John Cornyn's comment that his efforts -- to...

Cuba scales back ethanol expansion in light of Castro campaign against US ethanol; Cuban output to increase by 100 percent, down from 500 percent

In Cuba, the director of the Sugar Cane Derivatives Research Institute said that the country will reduce ethanol production forecasts. The director confirmed that the country would double its producti...

US Navy, Biodiesel Industries, Aerojet demonstrate ARIES remote-operated mobile biodiesel unit

[caption id="attachment_13281" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Biodiesel Industries' production facility"][/caption] In California, the U.S. Navy, Biodiesel Industries and Aerojet annou...