Pilot has completed its B99 biodiesel fuel program; the truck stop and convenience-store chain has rolled out dispensers with the fuel for fleets at its Decatur, Illinois, Des Moines, Iowa, and Dallas locations since it began the initiative in March.
Biodiesel is manufactured from vegetable oils, animal fats or recycled grease and can improve fuel efficiency and help reduce carbon emissions in commercial trucking.
The final location was unveiled on Sept. 16, in Dallas.
“This is a big thing—we are decarbonizing at scale, and making Dallas have better quality air,” said Joe Butler, senior director of fuel supply at Pilot. “Cleaner air every time someone fuels [with B99 biodiesel] at Pilot #433—that’s a really big deal.”
Local officials, including Dallas City Council Member Lorie Blair, spoke on the program’s importance for decarbonization of the transportation sector.
“If you go on [I-]20, you can go from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean off of one freeway…and just think how much you can impact the environment with this new [B99 biodiesel] technology,” Blair said. “This is an investment that’s about more than clean energy, it’s about supporting the trucking industry… I look forward to bringing this technology not only to my district and city of Dallas, but the entire country.”
The effort is in collaboration with PepsiCo, the operator of one of North America’s largest private fleets, and ADM, an agricultural supply chain manager and processor.
Optimus Technologies, a fleet sustainability company, also helped enable this rollout through its technology that upgrades diesel engines to operate on up to 100% biodiesel.
- Pilot Co. is No. 16on CSP’s 2025 Top 202 ranking of U.S. c-store chains by store count.
Pilot Co. is the largest operator of travel centers in North America, with more than 750 locations across 44 states and six Canadian provinces, selling about 14 billion gallons of fuel a year and about $3 billion in food and merchandise.
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