Note: The Energy Flame awards are presented every two
years to industry leaders who have made significant
contributions to the commercialization of the alternative fuel
industry.
Alternative Fuels Renewable Energy Council Honors the Patriots
of the Alternative Energy Industry
HARRISBURG
– (December 2006) The Alternative Fuels Renewable Energies
Council (AFREC) announced the 2006 Energy Flame Award Recipients
at their Business Roundtable held at the PA Turnpike
Commission. This year’s recipients are: Secretary Kathleen
McGinty, PA Department of Environmental Resources, Jeff Lyons,
President, Worley & Obetz
Don Hunt,
SYSCO. The State Senate has proclaimed December 5th,
Alternative Fuels and Renewable Energy Day in Pennsylvania.
The awards
are given to the people who are in the forefront of leading the
commercialization of the alternative fuels and renewable
energies industry. They are carving a path to provide new
business opportunities and to less the nation’s dependence on
foreign oil.
Secretary McGinty is commended for her outstanding contributions
on behalf of Governor Ed Rendell’s Administration to catapult
the Pennsylvania’s alternative energy industry and initiatives
into the national spotlight. During her tenure she has been in
the forefront of creating historical alternative energy
Programs—Alternative Energy Renewable Standard Portfolio and the
Alternative Fuel Incentive Grant Program, re-instituting the
Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority, creation of the
Energy Harvest Grants and major support for creating the
infrastructure for the acceleration of the commercialization of
diverse alternative energy.
AFREC
honored two other leaders with Flame Awards: Jeff Lyons,
president of Worley & Obetz, a Lancaster County-based
transportation and heating fuels provider that opened
Pennsylvania’s first publicly available E85 ethanol-blended fuel
pump this year and is a partner in the East Coast’s first,
state-of-the-art biofuels injection facility in Middletown,
Dauphin County; and Don Hunt, president of SYSCO Food Services
of Central Pennsylvania, LLC. Responding to a directive from the
food company’s international headquarters in Texas to pursue
environmentally friendly practices developed at a local level,
Hunt switched the regional fleet to biodiesel. The move was done
without any outside financial incentives and resulted in cleaner
air and enhanced fuel security.
