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Pittsburgh Biodiesel Project Stands Out in a Crowd
April 26, 2017/
Posted By : Josh Hanson/
Optimus Technologies Receives 2017 Governor’s Award for Environmental
Excellence
HARRISBURG, PA. — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection (DEP) today presented Pittsburgh-based Optimus Technologies
and 20 other organizations from across the state with the 2017
Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence. According to DEP, their
projects “represent the very best in innovation, collaboration, and
public service in environmental stewardship”.
Optimus partnered with Pittsburgh Region Clean Cities and the City of
Pittsburgh to equip 25 of the city’s vehicles with their Vector System
technology. The system optimizes vehicle performance and emissions
reductions using 100 percent biodiesel (B100).
“We are honored to have been selected for this prestigious award and
proud that we helped the City of Pittsburgh reduce vehicle emissions,”
said Optimus CEO Colin Huwyler. “Our technology allows fleets to run
seamlessly on B100, dramatically reducing both tailpipe and lifecycle
emissions.”
Huwyler noted that the 25 vehicles used for the project represent 7.2
percent of GHG emissions for the entire city fleet of 1,038 vehicles.
The use of the Vector System reduced GHG emissions by 6.4 percent
fleet-wide.
“Every year we’re impressed anew by the ingenuity and commitment
Pennsylvanians bring to environmental stewardship,” said DEP Acting
Secretary Patrick McDonnell. “It’s exciting to see the interest is growing.”
About Optimus
Founded in 2010, Optimus Technologies is the market leader in high
performance biodiesel conversion solutions that utilize biodiesel and
diesel for medium- and heavy-duty truck fleets. With Optimus, fleet
operators have a simple way to significantly reduce fuel costs and
emissions, while addressing renewable fuel targets. Optimus was built on
the vision and the knowledge that other alternative fuel solutions are
prohibitively expensive and do not provide the same results as
biodiesel. For more visit: https://www.optimustec.com/
About biodiesel
Made from an increasingly diverse mix of resources such as recycled
cooking oil, soybean oil and animal fats, biodiesel is a renewable,
clean-burning diesel replacement that can be used in existing diesel
engines without modification. It is the first commercial-scale fuel
produced across the U.S. to meet the EPA’s definition as an Advanced
Biofuel – meaning the EPA has determined that biodiesel reduces
greenhouse gas emissions by more than 50 percent when compared with
petroleum diesel. For more visit: http://biodiesel.org/