Frequently Asked Questions

How long have you been in business?
Since 1928. Read more about our history...

What services do you offer?
We sell gasoline, highway diesel, off-road diesel, propane, heating oil, kerosene, bio-diesel, lubricants (package oils and greases), and photovoltaic systems that generate electricity from sunlight. We service residential customers as well as agricultural and commercial customers. We deliver our fuels via short truck and transports.

What sets your business apart from others?
Service, knowledge and progressiveness. We are the local company that has been around for 80+ years and we plan to be here for the next 80.

Has Cherry Energy received any national awards or recognition?
In the fall of 2002 our company was recognized in BP’s world wide publication “OnSite” for the installation of a 3kW photovoltaic (PV) system, donated to the Kinston-Lenoir Planetarium and Science Museum. This project was also featured in an article published by the North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association in the “Carolina Sun” as well as being featured in several articles in the Kinston Free Press News Paper.

Solar Arrays at Neuseway Nature Center

Is there anything else I should know about Cherry Energy?
We are one of the first (if not the first) local Oil and Gas companies in the South East to embrace Alternative Fuels and Renewable Energy by offering Biodiesel, Autogas, and Photovoltaic (PV) Solar. One of our owners drives a Roush F-150 Liquid Propane Powered vehicle.