Wisconsin Bio Industry Alliance

Biodiesel is a renewable fuel made right here in Wisconsin. New research has demonstrated ways to improve biodiesel performance in colder climates. Here are some facts:

• Flinders University developed an additive that lowers the cloud point temperature for biodiesel made from tallow. [Source: “Additive Lowers Tallow-based Biodiesel Cloud Point,” Biodiesel Magazine, http://www.biodieselmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=2908, accessed 10/30/08]

• The cloud point is the temperature at which the liquid begins to revert back to a more soluble state.
  
• The additive lowers the cloud point for tallow-based biodiesel and biodiesel blends from 50 degrees to 21 degrees Fahrenheit, which increases the potential for using biodiesel made from tallow in colder climates.

Biodiesel, the renewable fuel made right here in Wisconsin, has been approved for use in most engines by machine manufacturers. Here are some facts:

• In September, Caterpillar, Inc, one of the nation’s leading manufacturers of construction and mining equipment, approved the use of B20 (20% biodiesel and 80% conventional diesel) in their machine’s engines. [Source: “Caterpillar Approves Use of B20 in Compact to Mid-Size Industrial Engines,” http://www.cat.com/cda/components/fullArticle?m=38622&x=7&id=1050140, accessed 10/23/08]

• Case IH, headquartered in Racine, Wisconsin, has approved the use of B5 in the engines of all machines they manufacture, as well as the use of B20 in over 90% of machines they produce. [Source: Case IH Statement on Biodiesel, http://www.caseih.com/highlights/highlights.aspx?navid=121&recordid=193&RL=ENNA , accessed 10/23/08]

• John Deere Company has approved the use of B5 and B20 in the engines of most of the machines they produce. [Source: John Deere Statement on Biodiesels, http://www.deere.com/en_US/rg/infocenter/infoevents/pr/2007/biodiesel.html, accessed 10/23/08]

Even though gas prices across the country are falling, a memorandum from the United States Department of Energy shows that gas prices would not be as low if it were not for biofuels, like ethanol. Here are a few statistics:

• Gasoline prices would be an additional 20 to 35 cents per gallon higher without ethanol.
• Because of ethanol, a typical household in the United States finds a savings of $150 to $300 per year.
• For the US overall, because ethanol keeps gas prices lower, ethanol helps save $28 billion to $49 billion per year.

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