Posted: December 1, 2025
Many of us – especially those of us who live
here in the central Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire area where we rely on our home heating systems for many months out of the year – are familiar with heating oil. What you may be less familiar with is Bioheat fuel.
Bioheat fuel offers homeowners some real advantages so you may want to familiarize yourself with the product. Fraticelli Oil & Propane is here to help you do so, which is why we put together the below information on the fuel, including how it compares to other energy sources in terms of efficiency and effectiveness.
Bioheat fuel is a type of heating oil that differs from the traditional heating oil that is sold on the market. It is an energy source that is produced by combining ultra-low sulfur heating oil and biodiesel – a fuel made from organic and recycled waste products including cooking oil, soybean oil, inedible corn oil, canola oil and animal fats.
Bioheat fuel can be used as a replacement for petroleum heating oil and making this switch reduces carbon emissions by about 50% thanks to the fact that it produces significantly less mercury emissions, particulate matter, sulfur oxide and carbon dioxide compared to petroleum heating oil.
Making the switch to Bioheat fuel from conventional heating oil is simple. In fact, you don’t even need to make any changes to your current boiler or furnace.
Some people are under the impression that Bioheat fuel is not as effective as traditional heating oil, but this actually could not be farther from the truth. It provides the same amount of heat as a furnace or boiler that uses conventional heating oil. The fact that bioheat fuel burns cleanly helps it operate more effectively and helps a heating system perform more consistently over the years.
In short, you can count and rely on Bioheat fuel to be an effective source of heat that keeps you and your home warm and comfortable all throughout a cold winter.
In addition to being an efficient way to heat your home, using Bioheat fuel is healthier for your heating system. It leaves fewer deposits, which helps reduce the number of breakdowns a furnace or boiler will experience while adding to their lifespan.
Bioheat fuel is also a safe heating option and has a long shelf life (It can last between 18 and 24 months in an oil tank). Additionally, it can help a homeowner cut costs since it reduces operation costs and allows heating equipment to go for longer periods of time between needing servicing appointments.
If you want to make the switch to Bioheat Fuel, Fraticelli Oil is here to help. We can deliver the fuel directly to you.
We also have more than 200,000 gallons of traditional heating oil in storage as well as the most extensive vehicle fleet in the region.
Contact us today to learn more about the heating oil services we offer throughout central Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire.