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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.
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Beechgrove Elementary, Independence, Kentucky
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Campbell
County High School, Alexandria, Kentucky
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Caywood
Elementary, Edgewood, Kentucky
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Ft.
Wright Elementary, Fort Wright, Kentucky
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Kenton
County School District, Kenton County, Kentucky
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Phillip
Sharp Middle School, Butler, Kentucky
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Picadome
Elementary, Lexington, Kentucky
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Piner
Elementary, Morning View, Kentucky
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River
Ridge Elementary, Villa Hills, Kentucky
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Russell
Area Technology Center, Russell, Kentucky
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Somerset
High School, Somerset, Kentucky
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Twenhofel
Middle School, Independence, Kentucky
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West
Hardin Middle School, Cecilia, Kentucky
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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.
Government - 4.25.08
Nationally-Acclaimed Chemical Engineer and Scientist Will Be New
Cabinet Secretary for Energy and Environmental Matters
FRANKFORT, Ky. – A
nationally-acclaimed chemical engineer will become Kentucky’s next
Energy and Environmental Secretary when the current Environmental
and Public Protection Cabinet is reorganized.
He is Dr. Leonard Peters, 68, who
recently stepped down as vice president of Global Laboratory
Operations for Battelle Memorial Institute, headquartered in
Columbus, OH.
In announcing Peters’ selection,
Gov. Steve Beshear said the famed scientist would assume this role
upon announcement of the new cabinet’s structure, which is
expected in the next few weeks.
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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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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.
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