Diversification

Online fuel marketer Slick Energy, launched in the fall of 2017, has more than 20 participating fuel marketers, reports co-founder and CEO Chris Buchanan. About half of Slick Energy’s market is in Massachusetts, with the balance in southern New Hampshire and northern Rhode Island, Buchanan said. The online platform (www.slickenergy.com) pools heating oil orders based on geographic regions; the company ...

A report that ranks the 50 states by “friendliness to rooftop solar” finds that, for 2019, the top four are Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Maryland, plus Washington, D.C. You can learn this here now and understand the relevance of solar power. Solar Power Rocks (SPR), an organization in Portland, Ore., that collects and disseminates information for homeowners about state and national solar policy, ...

  Global trade in pellets has doubled since 2012 with U.S., Canadian and European producers all playing a role, according to the European Pellet Supply and Cost Analysis, a new study from Risi, an information provider for the global forest products industry headquartered in Bedford, Mass. Demand for pellets is rising because they are playing a key role in de-carbonizing ...

Diesel production took up the largest share of the plastic-to-oil market in 2015 due to rising demand for diesel in the booming transportation sector in developing economies, according to a study by market intelligence firm Transparency Market Research, Albany, N.Y. Transparency Market Research (TMR) said its study provides detailed analysis of the global recycled plastic and plastic waste-to-oil market. The ...

By Stephen Bennett “The biggest mistake fuel oil people make when they go into the propane business is they buy too small a truck with too small a crane,” said Roger Smith of Kurtz Truck Equipment, Marathon, N.Y. A service truck with a crane is needed for installing propane tanks above the hundred-gallon size, Smith said. The cost of a ...

AMERIgreen Energy and their 100% American Fuel dealers hosted a Video Essay Challenge as a way for students to express their thoughts on energy solutions for the future. Students created 30 second videos focused on one of the question prompts related to what is the best energy source for the future. The contest was open to students in grades 1-12, ...

After several decades of hard work, research, artifact collection and countless hours of volunteer time, a permanent exhibit showcasing the history and contributions of the propane industry will open this August. This display will be part of the Smithsonian-affiliated National Museum of Industrial History in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The official ribbon cutting for the museum will take place on Aug. 2 ...

ReThink Energy NJ and partners announced that Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ D-12) will introduce legislation to toughen Federal Energy Regulatory Commission oversight by requiring it to apply more comprehensive procedures to its review of proposed pipeline applications before granting a certificate of public convenience and necessity. Watson Coleman made the announcement during a press conference at Baldpate Mountain in ...

The Renewable Fuels Association is pleased with the findings from a recent report that concluded biofuels from crops do not harm food supplies. The report was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, the World Bank and other groups. “The high-profile expansion of ethanol production in the United States and Brazil, in tandem with a global price spike in food ...

On Wednesday, June 22, President Barack Obama signed S. 2276, the Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety Act of 2016.  This legislation includes a provision that requires an independent study of the regulations placed on jurisdictional propane systems.  This bill has moved quickly through the legislative process in the last few weeks, and its enactment marks a great ...