All About Alternate Fuel Vehicles (AFV)

Alternative fuel will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Wall, N.J., August 29, 2007
Source. New Jersey Sources.com
http://www.njresources.com/news/releases/2007/njng/07-42biodiesel.asp

New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG) has received its first delivery of biodiesel fuel, which will serve as an alternative fuel source for many of the utility’s vehicles. The switch comes after an extensive review of options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with transportation at NJNG.  “As a public utility, we have a large number of vehicles on the road,” said Laurence M. Downes, chairman and CEO of NJNG. “Using biodiesel is a logical next step for us as we continue to identify ways to protect our environment and reduce our carbon footprint.”
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05 September 2007
http://www.busnews.com.au/index.cfm?storyid=32598&cp=displaystory

Scania has become one of the few truck manufacturers to embrace biodiesel following the decision to broaden the permitted uses of biodiesel blends in its vehicles.  Operators are no longer restricted to either B5 or B100, and can now use any blend of biodiesel from a few percent to 100 per cent. (more…)

By Anduin Kirkbride McElroy, Sept 2007
Source: Biodiesel magazine
http://www.biodieselmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=1774

Fast-food giant McDonald’s is developing a biodiesel program in several countries, following the company’s efforts in Austria in 2003 when it developed a closed-loop production concept. The used oil from the company’s restaurants is converted into biodiesel, which is then used to fuel the company’s distribution trucks.
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By John Reed, Financial Times, Sept. 4, 2007
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20589412/

On Tuesday, as a triumphant-looking Christian Streiff outlined a plan to take Peugeot’s fight to Germany’s best-in-class carmakers, one listener in Paris sounded a discordant note. “Every time we see a new boss in the auto industry . . . people always speak of radical changes,” he said.  The journalist was speaking of how PSA Peugeot Citroën had historically made strides in areas such as lower-emission diesel engines and “stop-start” technology that turns off cars’ engines at intersections, only to see Germany’s producers parlay them into bigger profits.
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by Sarah Bedford, The Southland Times, 31 Aug 2007
Source: The Southland Times
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4184461a6011.html

The work vehicles of Invercargill businessman Frank Thomas sometimes smell of fish and chips but who cares, he never has to pay for petrol.  He operates Clean-Biz and makes his own biofuel for the firm’s vehicles.  For the past year Mr Thomas has been making biofuel and uses it to run the six vehicles in the Clean-Biz fleet.  It’s a cost-saving measure – biofuel costs 44c a litre to make, he said. (more…)

Agence France-Presse, Frankfurt, Sept 9, 2007
Source: inquirer.net
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/
view_article.php?article_id=87528

Cleaner cars are set to shine at the Frankfurt Motor Show this week, as pressure builds on automakers to make environmental protection a priority.  Hybrid engines that save energy and run on biofuels or hydrogen, or cars that turn off when stopped to trim consumption and CO2 emissions, are among the responses being offered as more than 1,000 exhibitors from some 40 countries display their wares. (more…)

Tejinder Singh, 8 September 2007
Source: New Europe
http://www.neurope.eu/view_news.php?id=77517

A Brazilian woman working in the sugarcane fields of Campos, harvesting a product that is essential to making biofuels. US President George W. Bush visited Brazil, the largest ethanol producer in the world, bilateral accords for the development of technology and alternative energy fuels derived from sugarcane *
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By Ryu Jin, Staff Reporter, Sept 7, 2007
Source: Korea Times
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2007/09/123_9751.html

South Korea aims to raise the level of biomaterial content used in diesel fuel from the current 0.5 percent to 3 percent in 2012, while extending tax breaks for biodiesel fuel until 2010, according to the government Friday.  According to the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy (MOCIE), the government plans to call for an annual 0.5-percentage point increase in the mixture level of biological content used in diesel fuel, over the next five years.
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