“Royal Farms is committed to making investments in low-carbon, clean-burning fuels for our customers, but these government grants helped us expand the footprint of these offerings as a faster pace. Royal Farms would like to thank US Department of Agriculture and Maryland Energy Administration in providing grant assistance for some of its biofuel stations. With the addition of these new locations in 2021, cleaner ethanol fuels at Royal Farm locations are projected to cut greenhouse gas emissions by the equivalent of planting 146,984 trees and letting them grow for ten years, or 60.8 acres of forests preserved from conversion to cropland in one year.
While the programs have at times added cost and complexity to projects, the company’s unwavering commitment is making an impact. Efforts include building all new stores to meet LEED certification requirements, sustainability education for staff, and recycling waste cooking oil into biodiesel. In addition, just under 10 percent of vehicles are flexible fuel and equipped to use E85.įor more than a decade Royal Farms has made sustainability a priority. About 95 percent of the vehicles on the road today can use Regular 88.
This May, Royal Farms will also mark the opening of their 21 st advanced biofuel station in the region. In 2020 alone, pollution reduced is the equivalent of planting more than 100,000 treesīALTIMORE, Ap(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - This Earth Day Royal Farms and Protec Fuel Management, LLC (Protec) celebrate their past year’s achievement of displacing petroleum fuel with enough low carbon biofuels to account for a pollution reduction equivalent to planting more than 102,353 trees.
0 kommentar(er)
