Moms for the Future put biodiesel into 500 Pennsylvania school buses

In Pennsylvania, 500 school buses in Chester County are converting to B20 biodiesel commencing in January. The conversion is the result of work by Moms for the Future; a non-profit energy supplier, the Energy Cooperative; and Krapf Bus Companies.

The Philadelphia-based, non-profit Energy Cooperative is administering $300,000 in incentive money from the Pennsylvania state Department of Environmental Protection to assist in the transition by Coatesville Area School District, Downingtown Area School District, Kennett Consolidated School District, West Chester Area School District and the Chester County Intermediate Unit.
The announcement follows a string of recent conversions in the northeast. Last week, Montclair. NJ switched its 70-plus diesel-powered fleet and off-road equipment to B20 biodiesel. In New Hampshire, Cranmore Mountain Resort has reported that its fleet of trucks, which operate on B20, have experienced no problems relating to the effect of cold on biodiesel, at temperatures as low as minus 20 Fahrenheit. Cranmore is one of two New Hampshire ski resports that have converted to biodiessel. The other is Mount Sunapee Resort, which converted its snow grooming and snow removal equipment to B20 biodiesel, and converted its hearing systems to B5. In Maryland, state highway officials said that they would convert snowplows to a B5 blend this season, and expect to convert their equipment to B20 in 2008-09.

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