American Green Fuels
30 Waterfront Street , New Haven, Connecticut, United States

American GreenFuels, LLC manufactures high quality biodiesel in New Haven, Connecticut. American GreenFuels focuses on producing its biodiesel from a multitude of cost-effective natural feedstocks. The company’s biodiesel is marketed to biodiesel and diesel blenders or directly to diesel resellers. The plant was built in 2012 and became operational in 2013, and presently employs more than 30 people.  American GreenFuels is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kolmar Americas, Inc., which is a subsidiary of Kolmar Group AG of Zug, Switzerland. Kolmar Group AG is the corporate home for all Kolmar companies and Kolmar affiliates throughout the world. American GreenFuels conducts business within the Northeast United States, whereas Kolmar Americas and Kolmar Group AG conduct business throughout the world.  Now a part of the Kolmar family, American GreenFuels is aggressively working to enhance the amount of biodiesel it can produce for the marketplace—which will create more jobs for Connecticut and provide greater benefits to both the environment and the economy.  American GreenFuels’ continued success and future growth depends on safe operations, dedicated and motivated employees, and a relentless focus on product quality. To achieve success, the company follows a focused mission and adheres to several key values.

Our Mission

We at American GreenFuels, LLC continuously work to be a world-class biodiesel producer whose product serves to meet the growing demand for biodiesel in home heating and transportation fuel, thus promoting energy security and environmental responsibility.  To achieve this mission, we are committed to continuous improvement and we validate that commitment through our registration with the National Biodiesel Accreditation Program (BQ9000®), which requires a rigorous review and inspection of our quality control processes by an independent auditor (fuel testing, storage, sampling, blending, shipping, distribution, and fuel management practices) to ensure that a high quality biodiesel fuel is produced.

Our Values

Teamwork is not only restricted to within American GreenFuels, but also includes the way American GreenFuels employees work with vendors, equipment suppliers, contractors, service providers, customers, and its parent company, Kolmar Americas, Inc. American GreenFuels is also building a strong relationship with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency which monitors its participation in the Renewable Fuels Standard program.  Along with a focus on our business relationships and our employees, we support and uphold these values:

• Always thinking and working towards ensuring the personal safety and health of each employee.
• Honest with self and others, trustworthy, accountable, responsible, and sincere
• Always strive to comply with all applicable laws and regulations at all times
• Shares knowledge with others; works for the team’s success; supports group decisions; values and acknowledges the value of others
• Open to new ideas; able to manage and support change; reacts and adjusts positively to changing circumstances
• Seeks first to understand before being understood; recognizes the feelings, attitudes, concerns, and capabilities of others; treats others as they would want to be treated
• Bias for action; can-do attitude; willing to take measured risks; energetic; accountable and responsible for seeing work through to completion. 
• Intellectually curious; looks at situations in new ways; comes up with new and unique solutions; open-minded; watches for trends in other industries which could be applied here.
• Takes own initiative; embraces challenges; wants to engage in and be an active part of the business; problem solver; and achievement based.
• Foresees future events and opportunities; proactive rather that reactive; identifies the long and short-term implications of events or situations.

Our Marketplace

• American GreenFuels purchases feedstock from suppliers in Connecticut and New York, throughout New England and the Eastern and Midwestern United States.
• American GreenFuels’ finished biodiesel is sold into the Northeast United States diesel fuel and heating oil markets, where bio-heat (a blend of biodiesel and heating oil) is a rapidly growing, renewable product.
• American GreenFuels’ product has and will continue to be exported from time to time, into growing international biodiesel markets.