BNL Sun Power at BNL
If you've ever seen the Syfy channel cable series Eureka, about a mythical, secret town in the U.S. populated by the nation's most brilliant scientists, you might wonder whether such places really exist. Well, pretty …
AREE Partners with Bioheat in Atlantic City
Organizers of the Atlantic Region Energy Expo 2012 (AREE 2012) report that they have concluded another successful trade show and convention. This year, the show partnered with the National Biodiesel Board to “explore the evolving …
Hopes and Dreams
Paraphrasing a song from Springsteen’s latest album, we do live in a land of hopes and dreams, but sometimes, reality must be considered as well. The Reality We have just completed a winter with the highest (wintertime) …
Everybody talks about the weather…
The dead horse has been beaten about how awful this season was, when it comes to (missing) heating degree days. Coupled with the highest winter prices ever, this season was NOT the one that would …
2012 Visions Theme: Core Strategies for Critical Times
The 2012 Visions Conference, hosted by the New England Fuel Institute (NEFI) and the Petroleum Marketers Association of America (PMAA), returns after a hiatus of a few years and is schedule for June 5-6 at …
North American Oil Reserves
In March’s column we looked at new and growing reserves on natural gas in North America along with the price of that gas. This month I thought I should follow up by talking a little …
OESP Convention and Trade Show
Monday 5/21 Classes are geared towards Managers and Owners at 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. You decide what you would like to do. Take a class, participate in the Care to Ride Event, walk, run, ride …
Coming to terms with common hydronic TERMS…
I recently was called in to help size a heat exchanger for a Jacuzzi application. It seems the customer wanted to maintain the tub at 75°F when it was not in use and then hit …
Down on the Farm
Speaking to a room full of oilheat dealers at a New England Bioheat® Symposium in March, I asked for a show of hands. How many dealers had ever been on a soybean farm or seen …
Fuel and engine technology collide
As winter comes to a close (if you can even can call it a winter), I often hear many premium winter diesel fuel buyers and sellers deliberately transitioning to generic diesel to save a point …