New Hampshire Green Slopes

Biodiesel at NH Ski Facilities

In 2007, the NHPPP partnered with the Granite Sate Clean Cities Coalition on a workshop entitled “Reducing Emissions One Engine at a Time.” One topic covered was the benefits of using biodiesel blends as an alternative to diesel fuel for ski mountain operations. Below are the biodiesel presentations given at the workshop.

• Diesel Impacts at Ski Areas and the Biodiesel Alternative (Dr. Treadwell & Nora Traviss Velazquez)
  
  
• 2003 Cranmore Biodiesel Initiative (Ben Wilcox)
  
  
• Air Quality, Health, and the Environment (Becky Ohler, NH DES)
  
  
• Sprague: Demand More than Supply (Tim Keaveney)
  
  
• City of Keene & Biodiesel (Steve Russell)
  
  
• Presentation given at Cranmore Mountain’s Biodiesel Day, January 11, 2008
  National Biodiesel Board: Granite State Clean Cities & Ski NH Env. Committee (Amber Pearson, NBB)
  
  

In New Hampshire there were three facilities using biodiesel in either their groomers or to heat the lodges as of July 2007. Currently, there are seven facilities using or going through the process of adopting biofuels as their primary source of fuel.

Some additional information for ski facilities can be found in our Climate Change Fact Sheet and Web resources for ski areas brochure.