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A new wave of gas stations is hitting the West Coast. Propel Fuels is launching its Clean Mobility Centers in Fresno. The stations will offer both E85 and biodiesels ranging from B5 to B99 that will be locally-sourced from producers in Central California.
Propel CEO Matt Horton speaks about Propel’s support of California’s LCFS in this brief report from Bloomberg’s Kevin Thrash.
Propel Fuels has opened up a refueling station in Fresno, CA, that’s much more than just a gas station.
Propel Fuels is bringing locally produced, low-carbon fuels to drivers in Fresno, Calif., through its fueling station model—the Clean Mobility Center.
Fresno, California is the home of the latest retail station offering E85 and biodiesel.
Propel Fuels is bringing locally-produced, low carbon fuels to drivers in Fresno, California through its innovative fueling station model—the Clean Mobility Center.
A new Propel Fuels gas station is opening for business on Ashlan Avenue in Fresno, Calif., offering California-sourced fuels.
Propel Fuels has opened another in its chain of transformative Clean Mobility Centers — and the first station in Fresno to offer E85 Flex Fuel and biodiesel.
Renewable fuel is now available in Fresno. Propel Fuels opened their first gas station that offers E-85 and biodiesel in Fresno Tuesday.
Propel Fuels is bringing locally produced, low carbon fuels to drivers in Fresno, California, through the Clean Mobility Center.
Propel Fuels opened a “Clean Mobility Center” biofuels outlet in Fresno, Calif. today, emphasizing that it’s not only a first for the city, but that the renewable fuels offered are produced locally.
Propel Fuels opened its first clean fuel station in Fresno today, offering drivers an alternative to the carbon-intensive gasoline most are used to.
Propel Fuels launched its Clean Mobility Center on Tuesday at Willow and Ashlan avenues. Along with conventional gasoline, the station offers E85 Flex Fuel and biodiesel from local producers.
Propel CEO Matt Horton discusses the power of consumer choice in changing the future of transportation fuels in CA.
San Mateo County Economic Development Association honors California retailer.
Grand opening offers $10 of E85 Flex Fuel and biodiesel to encourage community to try clean, American-made fuel.
Sales increase 35 percent at participating test sites — and survey results reveal driver preference for algae-based Soladiesel over conventional fuels.
Renewable fuel retailer Propel Fuels and Solazyme Inc., a renewable oils and bioproducts company, announced positive sales and survey results from their 30-day retail pilot program.
They might have been preaching to the converted, but nonetheless Propel Fuels got a great response when it sold algae-derived biodiesel at four San Francisco Bay Area stations last last year.
Propel Fuels and Solazyme experienced sales growth of 35 per cent at Propel stations, offering SoladieselBD in a B20 blend during a 30-day retail pilot program, compared to non-test sites.
In a survey of users, consumers said they prefer algae-based biodiesel’s environmental benefits, would purchase more of it if it was widely available and would even pay a premium for it.
Sales increase 35 percent at participating test sites — and survey results reveal driver preference for algae-based Soladiesel over conventional fuels.
Sales and survey results reveal driver preference for algae-based Soladiesel over conventional fuels; sales increase 35 percent at participating test sites vs. non-participating sites.
Executives Praise State’s Commitment to Advanced Energy, Recommend Strategies to Accelerate Growth and Economic Benefits
In November 2012, Solazyme and Propel Fuels offered a pilot program to distribute the company’s branded algal biodiesel. The month-long pilot program resulted in a 35% volume increase in sales at Propel stations offering the fuel blend.
California leads the way in attracting and keeping biofuels companies. Propel Fuels is one example.
On the same day that Fremont-based EV manufacturer Tesla had their Model S sedan loudly proclaimed “Car of the Year” by Motor Trend Magazine, across the bay in Redwood City, two other Bay Area companies partnered to launch the nation’s first publicly available algae-derived biodiesel at Propel stations throughout the Bay Area.
Propel’s Clean Mobility Center puts renewable fuels front and center.
The American Taxpayer Relief Act contained welcome tax credit extensions for renewable energy and biofuels producers that can benefit many Bay Area companies including alternative fueling station company Propel Fuels.
Propel makes Domestic Fuel’s list of top clean energy stories for 2012.
Propel Fuels & Solazymes’ algae-derived biodiesel selected as Biofuels Digest’s 2012 Consumer Product of the Year.
Propel Fuels new Clean Mobility Center in Fullerton and Clean Fuel Points in Arcadia and Norwalk make top local environmental stories of 2012.
Propel Fuels is acquiring $21 million in funding to add more than 200 fuel stations in new and existing markets over the next two years, offering more drivers E85 ethanol and biodiesel blends.
New funding will help the retailer and fuel marketer accelerate its fuel growth plans to open more than 200 stations in the next two years.
The Department of Food and Agriculture’s Division of Measurement Standards (DMS) has tested samples of a new 20 percent biodiesel blend fuel made from algae and is happy to report that the fuel is compliant with California’s quality specification for biodiesel blends.
Propel Fuels is offering drivers in California and the Pacific Northwest their choice of E85 ethanol or biodiesel. And soon, more people will have access to these sustainable fuels, as Propel has announced a massive expansion to new and existing markets.
Propel Fuels has closed on the initial phase of its Series D round of funding with $11 million in equity capital from existing investors Nth Power, Craton Equity Partners, and @Ventures as well as a new investor, Gentry Venture Partners. The company also secured $10 million in debt financing from CapX Partners.
Propel Fuels recently grabbed headlines because it’s making algae biofuels commercially available for the first time. Now, Propel Fuels has closed $11 million in equity capital and $10 million in debt financing to expand its 29-station network to hundreds in California in the next two years.
Propel Fuels has secured new funding that will allow the company to accelerate the build-out of its network of stations offering drivers clean, sustainable, domestically produced fuels.
In California, Propel Fuels has closed on the initial phase of its Series D round of funding with $11 million in equity capital from existing investors Nth Power, Craton Equity Partners, and @Ventures as well as a new investor, Gentry Venture Partners. In addition, the company has secured $10 million in debt financing.
Redwood City-based Propel Fuels, a retailer of alternative fuel, said Tuesday that it has raised $11M in a Series D funding round. The funding came along with $10m in a debt round from CapX Partners.
Alternative gas station company Propel Fuels has raised $21 million to build out its green gas stations throughout California and the west coast.
Propel Fuels has closed on the initial phase of its Series D round of funding with $11 million in equity capital from investors plus $10 million in debt financing from CapX Partners.
Propel Fuels has closed on the initial phase of its Series D round of funding with $11 million in equity capital from existing investors Nth Power, Craton Equity Partners, and @Ventures as well as a new investor, Gentry Venture Partners.
Propel Fuels has raised another $21 million to support its growing network of retail fuel pumps for alternative or flex fuels.
Propel Fuels has closed on the initial phase of its Series D round of funding with $11 million in equity capital from existing investors as well as a new investor, Gentry Venture Partners.
Propel Fuels Inc. has raised $21 million in a still-open Series D funding around, as the company seeks to help drivers fuel up on ethanol, biodiesel and other alternative fuels at its specialty fueling stations.
Propel Fuels has raised $11 million in a first close to its series D funding round. The company also secured $10 million in debt financing from CapX Partners. www.propelfuels.com
Propel Fuels announced that it has closed the initial phase of its Series D round of funding with $11 million in equity capital from new and existing investors. In addition, the company has secured $10 million in debt financing.
Propel Fuels Inc., a closely held retailer of ethanol and biodiesel blends, received $21 million in financing to expand its network of biofuel stations.
A new source for biodiesel is making its debut at some San Francisco gas stations. Will algae be able to prove itself as a fuel alternative?
Fancy putting a bit of the aquatic in your gas tank? Go to California. A new kind of biodiesel, containing 20-percent algae-based fuel, went on sale at gas stations in the San Francisco Bay area last week as part of a one-month pilot program.
No, you can’t simply pump the green scum that forms on your swimming pool into your gas tank, but motorists in the San Francisco area now can fill up on a new biofuel derived from algae.
Propel Fuels is believed to be the first in the nation to sell consumers algae-based fuel at the pump compliments of Solazyme Inc.
Transportation giants like Maersk, United and even the U.S. Navy have all been testing the waters of algae-based biofuel, and it makes you wonder when somebody will start making algae biofuel for the average guy, too. Well, wonder no more. The biofuel company Solazyme has teamed up with Propel Fuels in a one-month pilot program to sell algae-based diesel biofuel at retail pumps in the Bay Area.
Propel Fuels, a retailer of renewable fuels and clean mobility solutions, and Solazyme, Inc., a renewable oil and bioproducts company, are bringing algae-derived fuel to retail pumps.
Algae-based fuel is now available to members of the general public in California.
US-based Solazyme and Propel Fuels have formed an alliance to launch a pilot program that aims to deliver algae-derived fuel SoladieselBD at retail pumps for consumers.
Drivers in the San Francisco Bay area have become the first motorists in the nation to fill up their gas tanks with an algae-based biofuel.
Biodiesel B20 — made from 20 percent algae and 80 percent petroleum — is being trialled in the Bay Area.
Diesel car owners in Northern California will be able to give algae-based fuel a try through a month-long pilot program offered by Propel Fuels and Solazyme.
Propel Fuels on Tuesday said four of its stations began “bringing algae-derived fuel to retail pumps for what we believe to be the first time in history.”
Propel Fuels began pumping algae-derived biodiesel on a retail basis yesterday, “for what we believe to be the first time in history,” according to a release made with South San Francisco-based Solazyme, Inc.
On November 13th, Solazyme began offering commercial sales of a biodiesel derived from commercially grown algae rather than derived from food. The fuel is available through San Francisco Bay Area stations owned by Propel Fuels.
Drivers in the San Francisco Bay Area have become the first motorists in the nation to fill up their gas tanks with an algae-based biofuel.
They said it couldn’t be done. Well starting today, critics should try fueling their cars at Propel’s Clean Fuel Points in Redwood City, San Jose, Berkeley, and Oakland.
Drivers in the San Francisco Bay area have become the first motorists in the nation to fill up their gas tanks with an algae-based biofuel.
Two leading renewable fuel brands have come together to offer algae-based biodiesel to drivers through Propel’s Bay Area network of retail renewable fuel locations.
Using algae to produce biofuel is something being pursued by a number of major companies, but no one has made algal fuel or additives available for consumers — until now.
The Propel Fuels station at Veterans and Whipple became one of the first four in the world to start selling algae-based fuel Tuesday.
A chain of biofuel stations in the San Francisco Bay Area have started selling fuel made from algae, one of the most promising technologies when it comes to creating fuel from plant life.
Big oil took a small but significant hit Tuesday when Bay Area motorists began filling up their gas tanks with algae, becoming the first private citizens in the world to use a domestically grown product that could revolutionize the fuel industry.
Propel Fuels and Solazyme Inc. are bringing algae-derived fuel to retail pumps in a month-long pilot program.
Algae-based biodiesel fuel is now available at street corner stations for individual consumers for the first time in the Bay Area and in the nation.
In California, Propel Fuels and Solazyme are bringing algae-derived fuel to retail pumps for what we believe to be the first time in history.
Propel Fuels and Solazyme, Inc. said on Nov. 13 they are bringing algae-derived fuel to retail pumps.
If you drive a diesel, you can now fill up with fuel made from algae at Propel Fuels stations in the Bay Area.
Beginning Nov. 13, Propel Fuels, a leading retailer of renewable fuels and clean mobility solutions, and Solazyme Inc., a renewable oil and bioproducts company, are bringing algae-derived fuel to retail pumps for what we believe to be the first time in history.
Propel Fuels, which builds and operates a network of green-built filling stations providing access to American, low carbon fuels, has teamed with Solazyme to provide algae-derived biodiesel to consumer fuel pumps in a Northern California test market.
Propel Fuels and Solazyme, Inc., a renewable oil and bioproducts company, are bringing algae-derived fuel to retail pumps in a month-long pilot program to test consumer response.
In what appears to be the first time ever, regular drivers of diesel-powered cars will be able to fill up their tanks with an algae diesel fuel blend in a few Northern California cities, including Oakland, Berkeley, Redwood City and San Jose.
Renewable fuels and clean mobility company Propel Fuels was recognized as the eighth-fastest growing private companies by the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal as part of the region’s annual Fast Private Awards.
Propel Fuels was recognized as the 8th fastest growing company in Silicon Vally by the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal as part of their Fast Private Awards.
Propel Fuels recently became the first company to enable consumers to offset their driving emissions at the pump any time they fill their tank.
This week, Propel Fuels opened its ninth fueling station in the Sacramento region at Mak’s Valero station at 1101 Broadway.
Sacramento, California has a new biofuels station selling both E85 and biodiesel. The station owned by Propel Fuels is co-located at the Mak’s Valero station in downtown.
Propel Fuels, a leading retailer of renewable fuels and clean mobility solutions, has announced the opening of its newest renewable fuel station, co-located at the Mak’s Valero station at 1101 Broadway in downtown Sacramento, Calif.
Propel Fuels has been named to Inc. Magazine’s annual “Inc. 500” list of American’s fastest growing private companies. During the past three years, the company has grown more than 1,000 percent making them the 17th fastest growing company in the energy sector and 32nd overall.
Five convenience and fuel industry companies have made Inc.‘s 2012 lists of fastest growing companies, with Propel Fuels ranked as America’s fastest growing private fuel brand.
The Inc. 500 celebrates the fastest growing privately held companies in the United States. Propel Fuels ranks #342 on the 2012 list.
Propel Fuels is among twelve Silicon Valley companies to make this year’s list of the 500 fastest-growing private companies in the U.S.
Rocklin businesses that have diesel or flexible-fuel vehicles are being offered free fuel — no strings attached.
Propel Fuels is enabling consumers to offset their driving emissions at the pump, as they fill their tanks.
Since Propel Fuels launched CarbonOffset in May, nearly 1,000 customers have spent $1.00 per fill and offset more than 160,000 pounds of CO2 at one station.
Propel’s flagship Clean Mobility Center in Fullerton, Calif., offers customers the option to offset their carbon emissions by funding clean air projects through the Carbonfund.org Foundation.
Propel Fuels has become the first company to enable consumers to offset their driving emissions at the pump any time they fill their tank.
Propel Fuels has entered an exclusive supply agreement with Eco-Energy to fulfill Propel’s Flex Fuel E85 demand over the next three years.
Propel Fuels reports an exclusive three-year supply agreement with Franklin, Tenn.-based Eco-Energy for E85 ethanol.
Propel Fuels announced an exclusive supply agreement with Eco-Energy to fulfill Propel’s Flex Fuel E85 demand over the next three years. The agreement will integrate the producer-to-pump supply chain, reducing the cost and complexity of procuring, storing, and delivering renewable fuels.
Propel Fuels, a retailer of renewable fuels and clean mobility solutions, entered an exclusive supply agreement with Eco-Energy, a distributor of renewable fuels, to fulfill Propel’s Flex Fuel E85 demand over the next three years.
Propel Fuels recently opened in Fullerton, California its first so-called “Clean Mobility Center.” Described as redefining the American gas station, these Clean Mobility Centers bring front and center pumps and services that support alternative vehicles types and cleaner means of transportation.
Propel is laying the foundation for the transformation of the U.S. automotive industry with the country’s first station where drivers can pump gasoline, ethanol and biodiesel, cyclists can get tuneups, and commuters can find public transit schedules.
One of the challenges for the alternative vehicle movement has been the lack of service stations. One company, Propel Fuels, is attempting to change that situation.
Last month, Propel Fuels opened the country’s first station where drivers can pump gasoline, ethanol, and biodiesel, cyclists can get tune-ups, and commuters can find public transit schedules.
Propel Fuels has been awarded a $10.1 million grant from the California Energy Commission (CEC) to build more than 100 Flex Fuel E85 stations over the next four years.
Propel Fuels receives $10.1 million grant from California Energy Commission.
The California Energy Commission (CEC) has awarded Propel Fuels a $10.1 million grant to install more than 100 Flex Fuel E85 stations over the next four years.
The California Energy Commission approved funding of $35M to projects that will accelerate the development of green fuels and technology in California. Among the recipients is Propel Fuels, who will receive $10.1M to assist with expanding E85 infrastructure.
Recipient Propel Biofuels, Inc., will be granted $10.1 million as a share of the cost to install 101 new E85 (ethanol) fueling facilities at existing gas fueling stations statewide.
A Bay Area renewable-fuels provider has opened its first wholly owned and operated gas station in Fullerton.
Propel Fuels is trying to bring attention to alternative fuels, and in doing so, has opened a “Clean Mobility Center” in Fullerton, CA.
The Clean Mobility Center, the first of its kind in the nation, debuted in Fullerton on Wednesday on Chapman Avenue, selling two blends of biodiesel fuels as well as Flex Fuel E85.
The inaugural Clean Mobility Center has opened in Fullerton, Calif., one of more than 200 scheduled for the state, the Los Angeles Times reports. The alternative fuel station stocks biodiesel, E85 and regular gasoline.
Although there are more than 200 alternative fuels stations that are in the planning stages for the state of California, the Propel Clean Mobility Center in Fullerton is the first one to open to the public.
California-based Propel Fuels, which builds, owns and operates a network of alternative fuel stations, announced Wednesday the launch of its first so-called Clean Mobility Center in Fullerton, Calif.
A gas station that also offers E85 ethanol and biodiesel fuels has opened in Fullerton, becoming the first of more than 200 so-called clean mobility centers slated for the state.
Propel Fuels, a retailer of renewable fuels and clean mobility solutions, has launched the company’s first “Clean Mobility Center” in Fullerton, Calif. It said that it “is redefining the American gas station.”
Propel Fuels launched the company’s first Clean Mobility Center in Fullerton, California, offering renewable fuels (E85 Flex Fuel, biodiesel blends) alongside the conventional fuels (gasoline, diesel) that drivers use today.
Propel Fuels is redefining the American gas station with the launch of the company’s first Clean Mobility Center in Fullerton, Calif.
Propel Fuels’ first Clean Mobility Center offers biodiesel blends and E85 along with conventional petroleum fuels, and allows drivers to offset carbon emission from their fuel purchases at the pump by helping fund clean air projects through Propel’s partnership with Carbonfund.org Foundation.
Once fluctuating gas prices become a regular fixture in a hard-hit economy, people look for ways to save money, and sometimes they run into alternative fuels. Introduced to the region three years ago, Propel Fuels has eight stations offering different grades of biodiesel and ethanol fuels.
Propel’s Clean Mobility Center opens Wednesday in Fullerton, offering a gas-ethanol flex fuel, several types of biodiesel, regular gas, the ability to buy carbon offsets and even a bike repair station.
Free tire air for improved fuel economy; bicycle tuning; renewable fuels; on-demand carbon offsets; at-pump recycling; community transit info; Propel’s got it all going in the Golden State.
Propel Fuels hopes to change the gas station landscape forever with the introduction of its first Clean Mobility Center.
Video: ARB Chairman Mary Nichols speaks at the opening of the newest Southern California Propel Clean Mobility Center.
Fullerton became home today to Orange County’s first Biodiesel and FlexFuel E85 gas station.
(Video) ABC7 covers the Grand Opening of Propel’s Clean Mobility Center in Fullerton, CA on May 16, 2012.
Within a decade of graduating from the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University, Matt Horton is revolutionizing and setting the bar high for the now competitive alternative fuel industry. This month, Mr. Horton joins Malibu Magazine’s Ten by Ten feature, where 10 influential figures are asked the same 10 telling questions.
The Top 100 People in Bioenergy for 2011-12, as voted by the readers of Biofuels Digest and the Digest’s editorial board, have been announced. Propel’s Matt Horton makes the list at #61.
While U.S. delegates at the Durban conference think a new climate treaty is premature, one American state is going ahead on its own.
Propel and PC&F carve out a renewable fuels deal that could be industry template.
Soon, CA will limit the greenhouse gas emissions from factories and power plants, and, eventually, emissions from vehicles. Propel CEO Matt Horton comments on Propel’s role in the effort and consumers’ response to biofuels.
Propel Fuels is named one of “America’s Most Promising Companies” and is the highest ranked renewable energy company on the publication’s Top 100 list.
Propel Fuels, which builds, owns and operates a network of alternative fuel stations, announced a fueling partnership this week with Econation, a ground transportation company that uses hybrid and alternative fuel vehicles in its fleets.
In California, Propel Fuels announced a fueling partnership with Econation, a global ground transportation company that will fuel its fleet of Flex Fuel vehicles at Propel locations in the greater Los Angeles area with Propel’s renewable E85 fuel.
Award-winning green transportation chooses Propel E85 for its Los Angeles Flex Fuel fleet.
From the standpoint of Matt Horton, CEO of Propel Fuels, efforts in 2011 to extend the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit imperiled the future of the industry.
Propel CEO Matt Horton and VP of Corporate Communications and Government Affairs Qteros Inc Sue Hagen stand behind FuelChoiceNow, a national advocacy campaign that supports promoting consumer choice at the gas pump.
Propel Fuels reports a pact with Pacific Convenience and Fuels, which has more than 570 stores in California, Texas, Colorado, Nevada, Oregon and Washington, to co-locate Propel “Clean Fuel Points” at big-name PC&F outlets.
Two California-based retail fuel providers, Propel Fuels and PC&F, have signed a deal that will expand the availability of E85 and biodiesel blends throughout the West Coast.
Bryan Sims speaks with Propel CEO Matt Horton on the recently announced partnership between Propel Fuels and Pacific Convenience & Fuels.
The network of biofuels stations in the west will be expanding with a new partnership between Propel Fuels and Pacific Convenience and Fuels (PC&F).
PC&F has signed a multi-year agreement with Propel Fuels to co-locate Propel “Clean Fuel Points” with PC&F gas stations and convenience stores throughout the Western United States.
In all the discussions about renewable fuels R&D, engineering, policy, finance, and construction, the customer is often an afterthought. Out in California, Propel Fuels is doing something about it.
PC&F and Propel Fuels have targeted 80 of PC&F’s 300 potential locations to install renewable fuel self-serve filling stations, which will co-exist with traditional fueling stations.
Propel Fuels on Thursday announced a multi-year agreement with Pacific Convenience and Fuels to locate Propel “Clean Fuel Points” at gas stations and convenience stores.
A new film, “Freedom,” delves into the world of big oil and dispels some of the myths surrounding alternatives like ethanol. Retailer Propel Fuels comments.
In an effort to bring increasingly sustainable fuels to California drivers, Propel Fuels is now offering B20 at three of its stations in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Propel Fuels has begun selling B20 at three of its stations in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Propel Fuels is adding B20 to locations in Berkeley and two locations in San Jose in response to growing consumer demand for higher blends of renewable fuels.
Propel is now selling B20 (20% biodiesel, 80% low-sulfur diesel) at three of its stations in the CA Bay Area.
Propel Fuels, a leading West Coast retailer of E85 Flex Fuel and biodiesel, has launched a volume rebate program for fleet customers.
Hard-charging Propel Fuels is launching a first-of-its-kind Volume Rebate Program for renewable ethanol and biodiesel.
The latest installment of Biofuels Digest’s “Faces of Biofuels” series features Propel customers celebrating their freedom to choose American fuels over the July Fourth holiday.
Propel VP of Operations Jim Iacoponi shares details on and insight into the company’s Volume Rebate Program to benefit small and mid-sized fleet customers.
In California, Propel is offering a tiered fleet rebate program to their customers with savings starting at 500 gallons per month.
A new Volume Rebate Program (VRP), provided by Propel Fuels in partnership with Wright Express, offers enrolled a tiered rebate for monthly purchases of 500 gallons or more.
Green Car Congress reports on the US’s first volume rebate program for renewable fuels.
The CEO of Propel Fuels, which builds, owns and operates a network of alternative fuel stations, is making the rounds on Capitol Hill this week, meeting with lawmakers to urge further support for the use of E85.
Biodiesel is gaining traction in California. This week Propel Fuels began selling B20 biodiesel at two of its Sacramento area fuel stations.
Matt Horton, CEO of Propel Fuels, on educating fleet managers on the cost benefits of E85 and Biodiesel.
Redwood City-based Propel Fuels, a retailer of clean, renewable fuels, today began selling B20 biodiesel at two of the company’s Sacramento area stations.
Jennifer Kho reports on consumer and investor response to current gas prices, including a look at Propel Fuels’ growth with CEO Matt Horton.
Propel Fuels celebrated the opening of its newest Clean Fuel Point in Redwood City, CA, and welcomed local fleets and drivers to try biodiesel and E85 for free.
Propel held a grand opening of its first renewable fueling station on the Bay Area’s Peninsula, located in the company’s hometown of Redwood City.
CBS Channel 5 covers the advantages of E85 and provides resources for learning if you can use Flex Fuel and where fueling stations, such as Propel’s Clean Fuel Points, are located.
As gas prices remain high, more California motorists are moving to renewable fuels. Propel’s new Redwood City location is one of the company’s many E85 stations in CA, and more are on the way.
Propel launches its newest Clean Fuel Point in its own hometown of Redwood City, CA. Propel CEO Matt Horton, Redwood City Mayor Jeff Ira and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District shared in the celebratory Grand Opening.
Propel’s CEO Matt Horton comments on the USDA’s Rural Energy for America Program (REAP).
Propel discusses the role of fueling infrastructure in President Obama’s plan to cut petroleum imports by one third.
Matt Horton, CEO of Propel Fuels, provided comments to Congress April 7 on the importance of providing convenient consumer access to increase the use of renewable fuels, as well as on steps legislators can take to ensure the needed infrastructure can be rapidly and efficiently built nationwide. Biodiesel Magazine covers the full story.
Propel Fuels is continuing to expand its network of Clean Fuel Points throughout California. Learn more in this special “Strategies” section of Fleets & Fuels.
Matt Horton, CEO of Propel Fuels was honored with the Biofuels Leadership Award at the 3rd Annual Sustainable Biofuels Awards in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Judith Canales, Administrator for Rural Business and Cooperative Programs for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, promotes positive impacts of American biofuels.
Jim Iacoponi, Vice President of Operations for Propel Fuels has been appointed to the California Air Resources Board (CARB’s) Low Carbon Fuels Standard (LCFS) Advisory Panel.
Next Gen biofuels at a gas station near you. Propel is working with fuel producers to bring advanced biofuel to fuel stations across the country and engage consumers in a meaningful way.
A new piece from World Business reviews the policy challenges facing the US cleantech industry, featuring interviews with Propel CEO, Matt Horton, and Chairman of Propel’s Board of Directors, Nancy Floyd
The February issue of Ethanol Producer Magazine includes a spotlight article on Propel Fuels and the company’s mission to provide the retail infrastructure necessary to bring renewable fuels to the consumer, now and in the future.
Propel CEO, Matt Horton discusses production estimates for biodiesel and the issue of a blend wall for the fuel.
New Clean Mobility Center is first to offer Fresno drivers E85 Flex Fuel, biodiesel and carbon offsets at the pump
Renewable fuels retailer recognized for bringing consumer access to clean, domestically produced fuels across California
Sales and survey results reveal driver preference for algae-based Soladiesel® over conventional fuels; Sales increase 35 percent at participating test sites vs. non-participating sites
Grand opening offers $10 of free E85 Flex Fuel to encourage the community to try clean, American-made fuel
Funding will fuel growth plans for more than 200 stations
Companies to Kick-off Month-long market pilot program on advanced biofuels
Companies to kick-off month-long market pilot program on advanced biofuels
Renewable Fuel Retailer Joins Prestigious Group of the Bay Area’s Fastest Growing Companies
Renewable Fuel Retailer Ranks 8th in Region with 400 Percent Growth Rate As Increasing Number of
Drivers Look for Cleaner Mobility Solutions
Ninth Propel fueling station in Greater Sacramento region provides convenient and cost-effective access to clean, American-made, E85 Flex Fuel and biodiesel for drivers and fleets
Renewable fuel retailer recognized as America’s fastest growing private fuel brand
In two-month pilot, customers have chosen to offset carbon emissions more than 1,000 times,
funding clean energy projects
Agreement ensures affordable consumer access to clean, renewable Flex Fuel E85 for Propel’s growing network of fueling stations
Fueling infrastructure to provide new choices to California’s nearly one million Flex Fuel drivers
Clean Mobility Centers Meet Demands of Today’s Consumer With New Fuel Choices and the Nation’s First Carbon Offsets at the Pump
Fuel Retailer Achieves Highest Ranking Among Renewable Energy Companies
West Coast’s Largest Renewable Fuel Retailer to Provide E85 for Award-Winning Flex Fuel Fleet
Largest deal of its kind will provide renewable fuel choice to America’s most underserved market
Company responds to consumer demand for higher blends of renewable fuels, at affordable price
Region’s leading biofuel retailers, producers, and agencies come together to educate local businesses on performance, cost, incentives, and availability of renewable fuels
Program offers fleets monthly savings on biodiesel and E85 Flex Fuel
Company responds to consumer demand for higher blends of renewable fuels, at affordable price
Comments highlight need for massive expansion of E85 and biodiesel access and outlines plan to provide federal tax incentives for infrastructure build-out
Rural Business Administrator Judith Canales advocates greater access to renewable fuels critical to economic development, energy security and emissions reductions
Jim Iacoponi to bring perspective of low carbon fuel consumers and fleets to policy discussion
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