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JEA Fleet Services continues to exceed the requirements of the US Department of Energy for acquisition of alternative fuel vehicles and the use of alternative fuels. Over forty percent (40%) of the JEA vehicle fleet is capable of using alternative fuel. In collaboration with the City of Jacksonville, Fleet Management Division, JEA has become a national leader in the use of alternative vehicle fuels. As a result of these efforts, JEA was recently ranked in the top 100 of U.S. fleets utilizing alternative fuels by Automotive Fleet Magazine.
Biodiesel, ethanol, and electricity are the three alternative vehicle fuels that JEA uses to decrease fossil fuel consumption and reduce air emissions.
- Biodiesel (B20)
What is biodiesel?
Biodiesel is a domestically produced, renewable fuel that can be manufactured from vegetable oils, animal fats, or recycled restaurant greases.
What is JEA doing?
JEA has been using B20 in its medium and heavy duty vehicles since Spring, 2001. B20 is dispensed to JEA vehicles using mobile fueling during off-shift hours. The City of Jacksonville, Fleet Management Division has begun producing biodiesel from used vegetable oil for use in government fleets.
What can you do?
You can support this effort and reduce our community’s waste stream by disposing of used vegetable oil at the Household Hazardous Waste Facility, 2675 Commonwealth Avenue from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call (904) 387-8847 for details.
Want to know more about biodiesel?
For more information on biodiesel, contact the National Biodiesel Board at www.biodiesel.org or the Alternative Fuels Data Center of the U.S. Department of Energy at www.afdc.doe.gov.
- Ethanol (E85, E10)
What is ethanol?
Ethanol is an alcohol-based alternative fuel produced by fermenting and distilling starch crops that have been converted into simple sugars. Ethanol can be produced from a variety of feedstocks including corn, barley, wheat, trees, grasses, and even waste products from the lumber, landscape, and agriculture industries. Original equipment manufacturers produce flexible-fuel vehicles that can run on E85 (85% ethanol and 15% gasoline) or any other combination of ethanol and gasoline.
What is JEA doing?
JEA flexible fuel, E85 vehicles refuel at the City of Jacksonville site on West 44 th Street. Additionally, all gasoline vehicles can operate on low-level ethanol blends (i.e. E10, 10% ethanol) without vehicle modification and without jeopardizing manufacturer warranties. JEA light duty, gasoline vehicles are fueled with E10 using mobile fueling during off-shift hours. JEA started using E85 in Summer, 2004, and E10 in January, 2007.
Want to know more about ethanol?
For more information on ethanol, contact the National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition at www.e85fuel.com or the Alternative Fuels Data Center of the U.S. Department of Energy at www.afdc.doe.gov.
- Electricity (NEVs, Hybrids):
What are NEVs?
Electricity can be used as a transportation fuel to power battery electric, hybrid, and fuel cell vehicles. NEVs are Neighborhood Electric Vehicles that are used to transport people and things within smaller, neighborhood-sized geographic areas.
What is JEA doing?
JEA uses NEVs at its plants and in the downtown area. Additionally, JEA supports the development of plug-in hybrid vehicles in two ways:
- First, JEA is partners with Austin Energy and hundreds of other companies to encourage auto manufacturers to produce light duty, plug-in hybrid vehicles, www.pluginpartners.org.
- Second, JEA has become an alliance utility with the Electric Power Research Institute for the development of prototype, plug-in hybrid bucket trucks. For more information on electricity for transportation, contact the Electric Vehicle Association of America at www.evaa.org or the Alternative Fuels Data Center of the U.S. Department of Energy at www.afdc.doe.gov.
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