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Renewable propane is quickly gaining global and national interest as a leading alternative fuel. According to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, potential demand for renewable propane in California alone could surpass 200 million gallons by 2030. Renewable propane has all of the benefits of conventional propane: clean, reliable, powerful, affordable. Additionally, all of it can be made in America using easy-to-find resources that would otherwise go to landfills. Plus, its carbon intensity is five times lower than diesel. Because it’s abundant, economical and ultra-clean, large companies such as U-Haul and governments like the Commonwealth of Virginia have already purchased millions of gallons of renewable propane for their fleets. Below, we’ve answered some of the most common questions about renewable propane to help fleet operators understand more about what’s on the horizon. What is renewable propane? Renewable propane (also known as biopropane) is a non ... read more

Tucker Perkins, president and CEO of PERC, addresses the crowd during a grand opening ceremony for the Pride Travel Center. As the drive for alternative energy source adoption grows stronger, the first fuel travel center in the United States to house multiple alternative energy options is now open in Hartford, Conn. The Pride Travel Center features propane autogas infrastructure alongside electric vehicle and hydrogen refueling stations. “Propane autogas plays a critical role in clean transportation, and the addition of this essential energy source at the Pride Travel Center underscores the vital position propane autogas has in achieving net-zero emissions goals,” said Tucker Perkins, president and CEO of the Propane Education & Research Council. “This is especially true for medium-duty fleet owners looking for an alternative energy that can improve air quality without sacrificing on range, payload, or torque. ”During a grand opening cere ... read more

By Lauren Tyler Great Smoky Mountains National Park hosted a celebration yesterday to unveil six new propane-fueled trucks and two new propane fueling stations at the Park Headquarters Maintenance Facility near Gatlinburg, Tenn. With the new pieces of alternative fuel equipment, the Smokies implemented a new facet of the park’s Climate Friendly Parks program through funding from a joint U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) and Department of Energy (DOE) initiative called the “Clean Cities National Park Initiative.” As reported, the new equipment helps the park leave a smaller carbon footprint. In partnership with its two neighboring DOE Clean Cities coalitions, the East Tennessee Clean Fuels Coalition and the Land of Sky Clean Vehicles Coalition, the park installed the two propane fueling systems and added six new pieces of “green” equipment to improve air quality. Six Ford F250 crew cab trucks were purchased and converted to run on propane autogas. T ... read more

By Leslie Anderson The General Assembly in the State of Connecticut has proposed a “carbon tax” on energy which would collect more than $500 million in new taxes from homeowners and businesses in just the first year that the law would take effect. The proposed legislation (Raised Bill 7247) is now being considered by the General Assembly’s Environment Committee. There are several reasons this idea is bad public policy and does not make good economic sense – for those who use propane, and all energy consumers as well. This new tax, being labeled a carbon tax on fossil fuels, would be applied to most forms of energy, including gasoline, diesel fuel, heating oil, natural gas, electricity – and propane. Limited exemptions would apply to hydroelectric or nuclear-generated electricity as well as renewable biomass or waste vegetable oil. While we certainly understand the desire to promote the use of environmentally friendly fuels, it’s important to also ... read more