Indiana B20 Club looking to expand statewide biodiesel adoption
Indiana’s B20 Club is expanding to help reduce emissions and increase demand for soybeans.
Jason Armes with the City of Carmel says it’s a win for farmers and biodiesel users.
“The soybeans grown in Indiana are sitting in the tanks in our trucks,” he says. “We’re trying to do our part to create a cleaner environment, but we’re also helping out the farming community with another product for them to sell their crop to.”
The B20 Club is a collaboration between the Indiana Soybean Alliance and the American Lung Association that recognizes and supports Indiana-based fleets that run on biodiesel blends of 20% of higher.
He tells Brownfield biodiesel is helping improve air quality across the state.
“We’re in the process of starting a merger of all of our fleets citywide into one unified city fleet,” he says. “Each new vehicle we buy that has a diesel motor, we’re automatically putting that into the B20 program. That’s given us better fuel mileage and cleaner tailpipe emissions.”
The American Lung Association says the B20 Club has helped the state save more than $1.5 million in health-related costs since 2020.
