A major agricultural supply company is promoting the benefits of domestically-produced propane gas as a clean-burning and cheaper energy source. Growmark a cooperative organization based in Illinois and founded in the 1920s which specializes in agricultural products and services. The company sells about 300 million gallons of propane a year, mainly in Illinois, Wisconsin and […]
A city in Florida is making the switch to clean-burning propane with the help of Ferrell Gas and ROUSH CleanTech, swvolusia.com reports. Staff at Deltona City have met with representatives of Ferrell Gas Co. to discuss the feasibility of converting some of the city’s existing vehicle fleet to run on propane gas. Propane is much […]
Our favorite propane advocates at Alliance AutoGas have partnered with the Coast Transit Authority (CTA) in Gulfport, Mississippi to convert four vans in its fleet to propane autogas, the Sun Herald reported. A federally funded public utility, the CTA works to provide safe, comfortable and affordable public transportation to residents in the Mississippi Gulf Coast […]
As the ‘pro informed you last week, Virginia lawmakers have taken more aggressive action in increasing the state’s use of alternative fuels, a move that propane giant Ferrellgas recently applauded. The company is one of the country’s largest propane distributors and operates one of America’s 35 largest green fleets as well. Ferrellgas representatives stopped in […]
Indiana taxpayers will save about $1 million a year under a plan to convert more than 600 state vehicles to propane or natural gas, journalgazette.com reported Monday. The plan will also give Indiana the nation’s largest state-wide propane refueling network, with nearly all its operations located within 30 miles of a propane fueling site. Indiana […]
President Obama has ordered the federal vehicle fleet to run entirely on alternative fuels by 2015 – meaning a likely boom for the propane autogas industry. Issuing a Presidential Memorandum last week, Obama also announced his administration would purchase 100 electric vehicles in a pilot aimed at reducing America’s reliance on foreign oil. “The Federal […]