Bioheat® Fuel | Waltham MA | Arlmont Fuel

Bioheat® Fuel

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  • Arlmont Fuel is proud to offer Bioheat Plus® (20% RENEWABLE BIODIESEL) home heating fuel
  • Our Bioheat Plus® cleans and protects fuel systems
  • Burns cleaner, so your system lasts longer
  • Cost-efficient and eco-friendly choice

 

What is Biodiesel?

  • A domestic, sustainable, renewable fuel for blending into diesel and heating oil made from feedstocks such as soybean oil and used cooking oil
  • EPA designates biodiesel as a high-quality Advanced Biofuel, because it helps reduce GHG emissions between 57% -86%
  • Made through a chemical reaction called transesterification, feedstocks are manufactured into an ASTM fuel: raw vegetable oil, recycled cooking oil alone are not Biodiesel

 

Advantages:

  • No equipment modifications
  • Enhances and extends equipment life
  • Biodiesel is a natural solvent, so it helps clean your heating system
  • Reduces periodic maintenance intervals
  • No change in service protocols
  • Available today! Bioheat® Fuel is a drop-in, renewable solution using existing infrastructure

 

Project-Carbon-Freedom.pngQuick Sustainable Facts:

  • Biodiesel can be blended as a gallon-for-gallon replacement for heating oil
  • 20% Biodiesel use eliminates 200 million gallons of heating oil and reduces 1.76 metric tons of carbon*
  • 50% Biodiesel use eliminates 500 million gallons of heating oil and reduces 4.29 metric tons of carbon*
  • 20-year Life Cycle Analysis - Biodiesel blended heating oil burns cleaner than natural gas at 7%
  • 100-year Life Cycle Analysis - Biodiesel blended heating oil burns cleaner than natural gas at 18%

* Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator, https://www.epa.gov/energy/greenhousegas-equivalencies-calculator