BrevardBioDiesel Blog

The Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC) in Cocoa, FL will be hosting a 3 day SunDay Challenge "An Alternative Energy Vehicle Rally" on October 6th, 7th, and 8th. Day 1 features Autocross, Day 2 a Road Rally from FSEC to FIT in Melbourne, and Day 3 an Electric Drive and Hybrid Vehicle Workshop. Full agendas for each day here.

Biodiesel vehicles are invited to participate in the Road Rally on Sunday the 7th. Biodiesel blends of B10 and up are permitted. The registration, risk, and publicity forms are required to be filled out by October 1st with $20 entry fee.

Expected Road Rally route from FSEC to FIT.

29 Sep Update:
Expected vehicles include: AC Propulsion eBox, Electric Porsche 959, Plug-in Prius, Electric PT Cruiser, Lithium-powered electric Subaru Impreza, Vectrix, CommutaCar CitiCar, Honda Civic GX CNG, and more.

The History Channel show 'Boneyard' will cover Biowaste processing, including production of biodiesel on an episode airing:

Thursday, September 20 09:00 PM

Friday, September 21 01:00 AM

Sunday, September 30 09:00 AM

Logan from Morin Motorsports indicates they are now stocking Methanol in 5 and 55 gallon quantities. Current prices are $28/5gal, $190/55gal. Contact Logan at 407-951-2583 for more information.

Saving 10 gallons of gasoline per day per truck, FPL now has 8 hybrid diesel medium duty trucks on the road. These trucks are running B20 fuel. (The press release makes the mistake of calling the 20% component "virgin soybean oil"). The electric motors give FPL this capability:

# FPL line specialists can operate a hybrid truck’s bucket using just the electric motors for as long as two hours and then recharge them in three minutes.
# Each hybrid truck is capable of producing 25 kilowatts of electricity.

It's not clear when we might see these trucks in Brevard County - currently the listed locations are: Palm Beach County, Miami-Dade County and Sarasota.
Florida Today coverage is here.

Chris Marshall, president of Glover Oil, and the reason biodiesel fuel is available locally in Brevard County, passed away unexpectedly Saturday September 1st.

Chris was an inspiration by way of his energy, kind smile, and willingness to share and talk about biodiesel.

Our sincere condolences to his family, friends and co-workers.

If desired, donations can be made to the American Diabetes Association.

Chris overseeing biodiesel refueling of Commissioner Bronson October 2006.