EPA is providing a $70,000 grant to the Northwest
Energy Technology College and Washington Technology Center,
with $280,000 in matching funds. This project will convert
food waste oil into biodiesel for utility line trucks that
operate along the US/Canadian Border. The project will help
utilities purchase biodiesel by reducing its cost and outfitting
26 Puget Sound Energy trucks in the region. The project will
also launch a public education program about biodiesel and
will hire students to run the biodiesel processors as part
of their class curriculum. The project will reduce emissions
of particulate matter by 31 percent, carbon dioxide emissions
by 24 percent, and hydrocarbons by 50 percent.
