Six short months after Quik Mart Convenience Stores opened the first station in Northwest Alabama to offer E85 ethanol, a second station is now open at 358 Cox Creek Parkway in Florence that offers flexible-fuel drivers this domestically produced alternative fuel.

Read entire press release HERE

We are pleased and excited to announce that the new and improved hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and electric vehicle pages are live on the Alternative Fuels & Advanced Vehicle Data Center (AFDC) website. You can find them here:

http://www.afdc.energy.gov/afdc/vehicles/electric.html

With incredible success, National AFV Day Odyssey continues to be the nation's largest alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicle event.

Join us on October 15, 2010 at Lawson State Community College (BessemerCampus) the journey continues. Watch for details on this Free and information filled event!

Please click on links to view webinar power point presentations on the use of Biodiesel in Mining (click here) and the use of Biodiesel in Construction (click here). A third webinar regarding the use of Biodiesel in the Agriculture was held on August 10th. To see presentation please (Document 1 | Document 2)

From July 13th to July 15th, the Alabama Clean Fuels Coalition hosted a series of free biodiesel workshops to provide interested parties in the Tuscaloosa, Auburn-Opelika, and Mobile areas with an understanding of biodiesel basics. You may view the presentations from the Workshops by clicking HERE and the full Press Release by clicking HERE

ACFC welcomes the Edwards Oil Company and Quick Mart Convenience Stores as a Silver Level member. The company has recently opened an E85 pump at their Muscle Shoals location (see story by scrolling down this page) and anticipates more in North Alabama in near future. To Learn more about Edwards Oil Co. and their Quick Mart C stores click HERE

General Motors will offer compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) versions of the Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana full-size vans starting later this year. They will only be available only to commercial fleets.

Brian Small, general manager of GM's fleet and commercial operations, said "we are listening to our fleet customers and dealers about offering options that help them achieve their business objectives. "The industry commitment to expand the CNG and LPG infrastructure in key fleet markets was an enabler to allowing us to introduce these options now.

To make the van work on natural gas, GM's Vortec six-liter V-8 engine receives hardened exhaust valves and intake and exhaust valve seats for improved wear resistance. Both CNG and LPG vans will carry GM's limited new vehicle warranty including the 5-year/100.000 mile transferable GM powertrain limited warranty.

"We have made choosing a CNG or LPG van easier for our customers," said Joyce Mattman, director of GM's commercial products and specialty vehicles. "No other manufacturer offers a commercial CNG or LPG option that provides a solution with this level of support and availability."