New Haven Register - ‘Green’ fuel now powers BioBus: "When the BioBus, a bioscience laboratory on wheels, rolls into Hartford Thursday to celebrate the fact that it has gone 'green,' it will do so powered by Guilford-based Greenleaf Biofuels.
The BioBus will make its first biodiesel-powered trip, from its home base of Rocky Hill to the state Capitol building. Biodiesel is a clean-burning alternative fuel made from vegetable oil and animal fats, most commonly soy bean and canola oils.
Biodiesel from Greenleaf will power the bus’ engine and the generators that run the scientific equipment on board. The 40-foot-long mobile learning center is a project of New Haven-based CURE, or Connecticut United for Research Excellence, and has state-of-the-art bioscience equipment and computers. It is associated with the BioConnection Program, which lends laboratory equipment to schools and trains teac hers to conduct experiments in their classrooms. .."
