GRAND HAVEN -- The Grand Haven Board of Light and Power is doing its part for energy efficiency.
The BLP recently received a $66,000 state grant from Michigan's Energy Efficiency and Conservation block grants. The board will use the funds to experiment with biodiesel fuel -- an alternative fuel derived from renewable oils, such as vegetable oil -- in a power-generating engine at one of its plants, said Dan Bush, director of production.
(The success of the biodiesel fuel industry relies heavily on biodiesel testing <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s32Ke2VzrqU>, not only at the production level but at the consumer level, where degraded fuel may cause engine failures. Of major concern to diesel and biodiesel users is the very real possibility that water has contaminated their fuel. (See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YcczdvPyAk). The potential catastrophic impact of this problem is discussed at length in this video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lh4qhXc_5s&feature=youtube_gdata.
Fleet Fuel's family of inexpensive biodiesel test kits is just a click away on the internet at:
<http://fleetbiodiesel.com/biodiesel_testing_and_supplies.html>)
