Andretti Global hosts annual High Performance Low Carbon Liquid Fuels Summit

An exciting new partnership – appropriate for the month of May in Indianapolis – highlighted the annual High Performance Low Carbon Liquid Fuels Summit on May 1-2.

Hosted by the Indiana Soybean Alliance Membership & Policy Committee (M&P) and the Indiana Corn Growers Association (ICGA), the Summit brought biofuels industry stakeholders, retail fuel business owners and farmers to the Andretti Global headquarters in Indianapolis. A variety of speakers shared details about the opportunities for soybean-based biodiesel and corn-based ethanol fuels. Legislative efforts to assist these industries were covered, as well.

In an announcement made a couple of weeks prior to the Summit, Andretti IndyCar became the newest member of the B20 Club of Indiana, which is a collaboration between ISA and the American Lung Association that showcases exceptional green fleets that use biodiesel blends of 20 percent or higher in Indiana. Andretti IndyCar is also using its platform to highlight Indiana corn farmers and corn products through driver Marco Andretti’s Indy 500 program.

The Summit was sponsored by the Indiana Corn Marketing Council (ICMC) and Indiana Soybean Alliance (ISA) checkoffs. ISA Chair Kevin Cox, a farmer from Brazil, Ind., said the state’s soybean checkoff program works diligently to develop new markets.

Biodiesel is a key checkoff effort, and the state now is home to the United States’ largest biodiesel facility, Louis Dreyfus in Claypool, Ind., which uses more than 300 million pounds of soybean oil to produce nearly 100 million gallons from Indiana soybeans. He said all partners in the supply chain must work and benefit for the industry to grow.

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