Newport planners OK biofuel facility (Maine)

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http://www.bangornews.com/detail/96728.html

NEWPORT, Maine — Planning board members Tuesday night unanimously approved a new biofuel facility for the town’s Industrial Park on Route 2.

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Howe said grease disposal is a huge problem for restaurateurs and his company finds no shortage of raw grease. “We use both fryolator oil and brown grease,” he said, explaining that brown grease is grease used on grills and other stoves.

At the Howes’ facility in Fairfield, the company was producing 30,000 gallons of fuel a week, or 1.4 million gallons annually.

The town of Fairfield benefited because — with a $40 filter — it retrofitted at least one of its Public Works’ trucks to run on the used and processed cooking oil.

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[Political_Junkie]

1. Yeah for Mainers!

Proud of my home state even though I choose not to live there.