North Brunswick becomes 1st township in New Jersey to transition to renewable diesel

North Brunswick township DPW director Steve Bloyed. (Photo: The township of North Brunswick, New Jersey)

Neste announced July 2 a partnership with the township of North Brunswick in New Jersey.

The partnership enables all of North Brunswick’s diesel vehicles and equipment to switch to running on renewable diesel.

This partnership makes North Brunswick the first township in the state to use renewable diesel for its fleet operations.

“Renewable diesel can play an essential part in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions from municipal fleets,” said Carrie Song, an executive with Neste. “Our partnership with the township of North Brunswick and fuel distributor K.W. Rastall Oil is a shining example of how lower-emission solutions like renewable diesel are helping municipalities with sustainability ambitions to reach their goals.” 

The township’s initial trial of switching fossil diesel to renewable diesel was conducted in early May. 

Neste MY Renewable Diesel™ was used during the trial in the township’s Department of Public Works trucks.

Now North Brunswick’s entire fleet with diesel engines, including emergency medical-services vehicles, fire trucks, public-works vehicles, school buses and backup generators are powered by Neste’s renewable diesel.

These vehicles and equipment will use over 48,000 gallons of renewable diesel annually, which can help reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by up to 470 tons annually compared to the use of fossil diesel.

This is equal to the annual direct GHG emissions from more than 110 passenger vehicles, according to the EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator.

The delivery of Neste’s renewable diesel is made possible by Diesel Direct and K.W. Rastall Oil, leading providers of fuel services in New Jersey.

In April, K.W. Rastall Oil opened New Jersey’s first public renewable diesel fueling station in North Brunswick.

Francis Mac Womack, mayor of North Brunswick, and the township council welcomed the transition to renewable diesel, which will have a positive impact on reducing the municipal carbon footprint. 

In the past decade, Neste has been supplying renewable diesel to over 100 municipal customers, school districts and local transit authorities on the West Coast, helping them fight climate change.

Neste’s annual production capacity is 1.9 billion gallons of renewable products globally.

Neste was one of the first companies to supply renewable diesel to states on the West Coast, including California and Oregon, and the company is rapidly expanding its production, fueling-station network and distribution capabilities to meet the growing demand across the U.S. and around the world.