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Member News | Education - 5.9.08
Kentucky Students Recognized for Energy Education Projects 

From January to April of this year, students at West Hardin Middle School monitored their school buses’ idle time at the end of each school day.  They charted data on each bus and sent their findings to their Superintendent and Director of Transportation. 

A sixth grader collects data on school bus idle time for the West Hardin Middle School NEED energy project.

The research was carried out as part of a project they completed for the Kentucky NEED Youth Awards Program for Energy Achievement.  On Tuesday, May 6, West Hardin and twelve other schools from across the Commonwealth were recognized by the Kentucky NEED Project for their outstanding energy education projects. 

Attending the event was special guest First Lady Jane Beshear as well as Senator Katie Stine, who gave the key note address.

During the school year, NEED student teams studied energy, its forms and sources, and then created an outreach project that would educate their fellow students and community about energy.  Transportation is one of the steps covered in the NEED curriculum.  (page 12 of http://www.need.org/needpdf/BlueprintForSuccess.pdf). 

For their outstanding energy education projects, these schools were invited to the Kentucky NEED (National Energy Education Development) Youth Awards Ceremony in Frankfort on May 6 to be recognized. 

• Beechgrove Elementary, Independence, Kentucky
• Campbell County High School, Alexandria, Kentucky
• Caywood Elementary, Edgewood, Kentucky
• Ft. Wright Elementary, Fort Wright, Kentucky
• Kenton County School District, Kenton County, Kentucky
• Phillip Sharp Middle School, Butler, Kentucky
• Picadome Elementary, Lexington, Kentucky
• Piner Elementary, Morning View, Kentucky
• River Ridge Elementary, Villa Hills, Kentucky
• Russell Area Technology Center, Russell, Kentucky
• Somerset High School, Somerset, Kentucky
• Twenhofel Middle School, Independence, Kentucky
• West Hardin Middle School, Cecilia, Kentucky
• White’s Tower Elementary, Independence, Kentucky

For more information about the Kentucky NEED Project and the Awards Program, please contact Karen Reagor at (859) 578-0312 or via email to kreagor@need.org.

Ethanol - 5.1.08
Kentucky's Fifth E85 Pump opens in Mayfield

Max Arnold & Sons has installed E85 in Mayfield, Kentucky. Their MaxFuel retail site - Store #44, is located at 100 College Street, Mayfield, KY  42006. E85 is available starting today, Thursday, May 1, 2008.

Member News | Ethanol - 4.19.08
Alltech Affiliate Ecofin Receives Grant of Up to $30 million for Rural Community Biorefinery

Today, Ecofin received a grant of up to $30 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to be used towards the establishment of its rural community biorefinery. The plant will be located in Springfield, Kentucky and is estimated to employ 93 people when operating at full capacity.

As part of the DOE proposal, Ecofin’s rural community biorefinery will be one of the first in the United States to utilize cellulose, such as switch grass, corn cobs and corn stover, at raw material levels of up to 30 percent. This will be converted to ethanol and other value-added products.
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Member News | Biodiesel - 4.18.07
Limestone Mines in Kentucky Using Biodiesel as Primary Fuel 

Louisville, KY - Petroleum prices continue to rise across the United States, but here in Kentucky, two underground mining operations have not missed a beat. They are using a blend of Biodiesel in all of their underground equipment. The Maysville mine continues to use a 99 percent Biodiesel blend.  The Black River mine has used a blend that is comprised of between 50 and 99 percent Biodiesel.

Carmeuse mines limestone for the production of lime, which is used as aggregate and sold to power plants as a sulfur removal agent. Carmeuse began using a 99 percent blend of Biodiesel one year ago at both their Black River (Pendleton County) and Maysville (Mason County) sites. Combined, the mines use approximately 1 million gallons of fuel annually and store it on site. Read more

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