BP terminal offers biodiesel blending
Customers can purchase a biodiesel mix ranging from B5 to B20 or more. The facility comes after Renewable Energy Group (REG) received an $80,000 (€58,600) DoE grant and built a 30,000-gallon biodiesel storage tank. Every load of biodiesel purchased from the Ottumwa terminal comes with CofA documentation, showing that it has passed all the necessary quality parameters.
Alicia Clancy, communication specialist for REG, said: ‘BP’s Ottumwa terminal is a busy facility. Some of the region’s largest diesel distributors pull fuel from that location. We hope that by having biodiesel available at this facility, it will help supply biodiesel throughout the supply chain from the distributor level to retail locations, truck shops and on-farm fuel delivery.’
The biodiesel terminal is providing customers from all over the state with a renewable fuel option, including Carroll, Dubuque and Des Moines.