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Ep. 7 Championing Higher Blend Fuels With Industry Leading Retailers
Ep. 7 Championing Higher Blend Fuels With Industry Leading Retailers
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Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Oct 20, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
In this episode, we speak with two industry-leading retailers who have been providing high-blend, low carbon liquid heating fuels to their customer base for over a decade and longer. Up first, former NORA Chair and owner of Cubby Oil and Energy, Charlie Uglietto provides his expertise with incorporating higher blend renewable diesel. Uglietto has offered higher blend fuels to his customer base since 2008 and explains the progression from a B5 blend to a company-wide B50 offering with a select group running B100.Jacqueline Hart, Vice President of Operations at Hart Home Comfort and NORA Board Member, shares how her 2nd generation company started integrating higher blend heating oil in 2006. Thanks to their oil terminal equipped with an injection-blending system, Hart Home Comfort started with a B5 blend and moved to a B20 blend after a few weeks of business. Now, they offer a B50 blend for customers close to their terminal and a B100 blend to a handful of customers.Stay tuned for our next episode with John Beckett, industry icon and Chairman of the Board for R.W. Beckett. With years of experience and innovative methods to enhance low carbon home heating, John will share his outlook on the industry’s future.In the Loop takes a deeper look at research initiatives, equipment considerations, renewable fuels, carbon reduction and technical education, propelling us towards a low-carbon future. For more information, visit noraweb.org.
Released:
Oct 20, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (10)
Ep. 1 NET-Zero Carbon Home Shows Negative Carbon Emissions by In The Loop with NORA