Pitt County Memorial Hospital

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Pitt County Memorial Hospital installed a biodiesel fueling station and runs all of their diesel vehicles on B20.

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• Pitt County Memorial Hospital has set a new standard for dedication to clean energy for our nation's hospitals by becoming the first US hospital to install a biodiesel fueling station.
  


• The construction of this station was funded through support from the NC Soybean Producers Association, with Alternative Fuel Incentive Project funds assisting with the purchase of biodiesel fuel.
  

• With the addition of the fueling station, the hospital's 35 diesel vehicles, including ambulances, are now powered by B20.
  

• B20 is a blended fuel, composed of 20% biodiesel fuel and 80% petroleum diesel. B20 can be used in any diesel-powered vehicle without any modification or special maintenance. Biodiesel is a biodegradable fuel and its use, even in blended form, results in significantly reduced pollutant emissions.

• Exhaust from biodiesel fuel is non-toxic and non-carcinogenic, as opposed to exhaust from petroleum diesel. Hospital executives are confident that the switch to this cleaner burning fuel will not only enable the vehicle fleet to run efficiently but will also lower the level of harmful pollutants in the air.
  

• "More than half of the patients at PCMH come from outside Pitt County, many of them arriving by ambulance," said Dave McRae, chief executive officer of University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina at the pump's dedication, "So keeping our emergency transport vehicles running cleanly and efficiently is critical in providing reliable health services to our residents."

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