New fuel testing lab in Fort Dodge will expand into aviation biofuels
A new fuel testing laboratory will be dedicated this afternoon near the Fort Dodge campus of Iowa Central Community College.
Iowa Central President Jesse Ulrich says the work started there 20 years ago when they first began testing biodiesel in truck engines.
“What that led to was a smaller lab that was on our campus in our Biohealth and Science Building, and then we’ve really just outgrown that space,” Ulrich says. “We have major contracts with most major gas stations across the country, and specifically here in Iowa.”
The Fort Dodge lab is where fuel from all over the state is put through a battery of tests.
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Originally published by Radio Iowa in Feburary 2025.