New Jersey’s Grace Energy switches to all-B5 bioheat, biodiesel; eyes, B10, B20

In New Jersey, Grace Energy announced that it has become the first home heating oil company in Cape May and Atlantic counties to switch to a B5 biodiesel blend. The company said that it would offer bioheat and biodiesel in B10 and B20 blends in the future, noting that the switch reduced emissions and dependency on foreign oil. The company obtains biodiesel from Amerigreen, a marketer in the mid-Atlantic region that maintains terminal facilities in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

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