Why use biofuels?

• Biodiesel
  Biodiesel is an alternative diesel fuel produced from vegetable oil or rendered animal fat. Biodiesel is produced from renewable resources that can be grown by AMERICAN farmers. Biodiesel displaces foreign oil and also reduces harmful emissions including particulate matter, SOx, CO, CO2, and also smells better than traditional petroleum based diesel. 
• Visit the ETCFC's site on biodiesel to learn more about biodiesel in East Tennessee or the National Biodiesel Board's website to learn more about biodiesel on a national level.
• B20 can be used in any diesel vehicle without modification and most new vehicles can run B100 with little or no modification.
• Click here to find out where you can buy biodiesel in East Tennessee

Click on the above link to find out more about the UT Biodiesel production pilot plant.

• Ethanol
  Ethanol is is available for fuel in two forms in the United States, E10 (10% ethanol) which can be run in any gasoline burning vehicle and E85 (85% ethanol) which requires a special Flex Fuel vehicle to use. You can check to see if your vehicle can use E85 by looking at the gas cap or by using the Flex Fuel Vehicle Identification guide available here. Fuel grade ethanol is most often produced from the fermentation of US grown corn. There is a lot being done to bring an E85 fueling station to East Tennessee
• Click here to find out if your vehicle is E85 compatible
• There are currently no E85 Fueling Stations in East Tennessee, help us bring E85 sites to the Knoxville area by electronically signing our petition (coming soon)