Atlanta's only public, retail biodiesel pump opens for business

By Thomas Wheatly · Creative Loafing Atlanta

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Atlanta's first public retail biodiesel fueling station opened in Edgewood on June 21, 2012, offering B20 and B100 blends made from used restaurant grease. The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy led the project in partnership with Clean Energy Biofuels and the U.S. Department of Energy as part of the I-75 Green Corridor Project, which aims to create the longest alternative fuels corridor in the United States.

SACE is committed to diversifying our region's fuel mix, whether it be with sustainably-produced biodiesel or further deployment of electric vehicles, are important steps for public health, the environment and for national security.
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Atlanta's only public, retail biodiesel pump opens for business

By Thomas Wheatley Thursday June 21, 2012 02:10 PM EDT

After several years without a fueling station, Atlanta biodiesel aficionados can smile once again. Motorists who drive cars that run on the alternative fuel can now fill up in Edgewood at the city's only public, retail biodiesel fueling station. The project, which has been more than a year in the making, had its grand opening today at an event attended by government officials and eco advocates.

CL sat down with McKay Johnson, the principal of Clean Energy Biofuels, many months ago in the company's Arizona Avenue offices near the pump to discuss the project. Johnson told us the fuel would be made from used grease from local restaurants and produced at the firm's facility - powered entirely by solar energy - outside Athens. (We'll report more of those details in a bit.)

Via the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, the nonprofit that's leading the project in partnership with Clean Energy Biofuels and the U.S. Department of Energy:

CEB Biodiesel is a local, sustainable and cleaner biodiesel. Burning biodiesel produces far less toxic emissions than petroleum-based diesel fuel, which contributes to asthma and cancer. Using CEB biodiesel also ensures that fuel consumed in Atlanta is locally produced, as opposed to fuel made in the Midwest (or elsewhere like other biodiesel available in the area), which also supports the local economy. SACE is committed to diversifying our region's fuel mix, whether it be with sustainably-produced biodiesel or further deployment of electric vehicles, are important steps for public health, the environment and for national security.

The fueling station is part of the Department of Energy's I-75 Green Corridor Project that is creating the longest alternative fuels corridor in the United States - running along all 1,786 miles of Interstate 75. Once completed in 2013, it will be the longest biofuels corridor in the country, traversing six states and cutting through the core of the U.S. from Florida to Michigan. The East Tennessee Clean Fuels Coalition is the project lead and manager while the Center for Transportation and Environment (CTE) is the project manager for the greater Atlanta portion of the corridor.

The pump, which offers a blend of B20 and B100, is open from 5 a.m. to dusk and accepts Visa, Mastercard, and Discover.