Used cooking oil from campus restaurants at the University of Louisville is helping to fuel a campus shuttle bus in a research-based recycling pilot program. Eric Berson, assistant professor of chemical engineering, and students at Speed School of Engineering are converting spent oil from Sodexo Inc., UofL's campus food-service provider, into biodiesel fuel that can be blended to power a UofL-owned bus shuttling Belknap Campus students. Initial tests have been successful in the effort to turn a waste material into a useful product and to demonstrate campus sustainability, Berson said. The project also is an example of research at UofL's Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research and Environmental Stewardship. Read more

Biodiesel Refueling Established for State Operation

2008 - A new 10,000-gallon biodiesel tank was installed at the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s Division of Equipment on Wilkinson Street in Frankfort. The site enabled state diesel vehicle and equipment operators to obtain biodiesel. It was a cooperative project of KYTC, the Finance and Administration Cabinet, the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet and Fleet One, the fuel card service provider for Kentucky state government. KYTC utilizes approximately 3,000 pieces of diesel-powered equipment.