Retailer Awarded $1.44 Million Grant to Offer Higher Ethanol Blends at 20 Stations (RFA - Renewable Fuels Association)

Edit Public Technologies 12 Jul 2016
(Source. RFA - Renewable Fuels Association). WASHINGTON - The Renewable Fuels Association is proud to announce that the Power Energy Corporation (PEC) has been awarded a $1.44 million grant from Illinois to offer higher ethanol blends at 20 retail stations in the state ... The funding will be used to help install underground storage tanks and new dispensers that will offer E15, E30 and E85, as well as biodiesel, at 20 fuel retail stations....

Access to Ethanol-Blended Fuels Continues to Increase Thanks to Indiana Corn Farmers (Indiana Corn Marketing Council)

Edit Public Technologies 11 Jul 2016
plan to install a total of 16 blender pumps, allowing for the expansion of higher ethanol blends in areas of Indiana where blends of E15 and E85 are limited or unavailable ... Department of Agriculture's Farm Services Agency that aims to expand the availability of higher ethanol blends in areas of the United States where blends of E15 to E85 are limited or not available....

ACE's comments to the EPA on the proposed RFS for 2017 (American Coalition for Ethanol)

Edit Public Technologies 11 Jul 2016
In addition to this, EPA itself expects increased ethanol demand for E15 and E85 use from 2016 to 2017. Using EPA's own volume scenarios for E15 and E85 as illustrated by Table II.E-1 on page 34800 of the proposed rule, an additional 200 to 400 million gallons of ethanol demand could come from E15 and E85 next year ... In fact, Protec's older, lower E85 volume stations illustrate how easily marketers can exceed 10 percent ethanol....

RFA to EPA: Raise the Conventional Renewable Fuel 2017 RFS RVO to Statutory Requirement (RFA - Renewable Fuels Association)

Edit Public Technologies 11 Jul 2016
(Source. RFA - Renewable Fuels Association) ... There's no justification for lowering the requirement, which would turn the RFS 'into a stagnant, backward-facing policy.' ... Record levels of E10 consumption, broader availability of E15 and E85, more than 2 billion surplus renewable identification numbers and other factors make the statutory requirement readily achievable in 2017 ... A full copy of RFA's comments is ... (noodl. 34486682) ....

API Urges Action to Protect Consumers from Broken Ethanol Policy (API - American Petroleum Institute)

Edit Public Technologies 11 Jul 2016
(Source. API - American Petroleum Institute) ... The National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) and the American Motorcyclist Association joined the call to discuss RFS impacts on drivers, boaters and motorcyclists ... The Congressional Budget Office found that market disruptions associated with E85 at statutory volumes could cause consumer gas prices to rise by 26 cents per gallon ... jobs and 8 percent of the U.S. economy ... (noodl....

07/11/16 - NCC Calls for Further Reduction of 2017 Ethanol Levels (National Chicken Council)

Edit Public Technologies 11 Jul 2016
... the e10 blend wall, 'represents the volume of ethanol that can be consumed domestically if all gasoline contains 10 percent ethanol' and 'marks the transition from relatively straightforward and easily achievable increases in ethanol consumption as e10 to those increases in ethanol consumption as e15 and e85 that are more challenging to achieve.')....

Mystery motorsport to be showcased at Auckland Speedshow

Edit Stuff 10 Jul 2016
Heard of Formula SAE motorsport? Most people haven't. But this stealth-series is being showcased at CRC Speedshow in Auckland in July ... READ MORE. Waikato University racing teams aims for top five at Formula SAE.   ... These include a 20mm air restrictor on the intake, E85 or 98RON fuel only, 1525mm minimum wheelbase, combustion engine limited to 610cc, 232kg weight, and the ability to reach 100kmh in four seconds ... ....

National Video Contest: Showing Consumers They Have a Clean Air Choice

Edit PR Newswire 08 Jul 2016
EDGEWATER, Md., July 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Calling all students, professionals and amateur videographers interested in competing to win $5,000! Americans have a choice to drive flexible fuel vehicles and fuel with E85 (a mixture of 85% ethanol; 15% unleaded). Now is the time to ... ....

Iowa Experience Proves EPA Should Enforce the RFS as Congress Intended Read More... (IRFA - Iowa Renewable Fuels Association)

Edit Public Technologies 08 Jul 2016
(Source. IRFA - Iowa Renewable Fuels Association). Press Contact. T.J. Page. 515-252-6249. IRFA ... Iowa retailers have had great success with higher ethanol blends like E15 and E85, when they are allowed to sell it. Customer demand is high. Contrary to the blatantly false claims that a 'blend wall' exists, even more motorists would buy E15 and E85 if it were just available for them to choose.' ... biodiesel industry capacity sits idle ... ### ... (noodl....

Corn Growers to EPA: Move Forward on Renewable Fuels (Wisconsin Corn Promotion Board Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 08 Jul 2016
(Source. Wisconsin Corn Promotion Board Inc). The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) has become America's most successful energy policy in the last 40 years, increasing energy security, protecting the environment, and reducing costs for consumers at the pump ... Kelleher said the RFS gives American consumers a true choice at the pump by providing market access for higher ethanol blends like E15 and E85 ... Wisconsin Corn Promotion Board Inc ... (noodl....

Comment Period Countdown: The Public’s Opportunity to Show Support for a Strong RFS (RFA - Renewable Fuels Association)

Edit Public Technologies 30 Jun 2016
(Source. RFA - Renewable Fuels Association). The Environmental Protection Agency says it is determined to get the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) back on track, but so far the agency has kept the program's wheels spinning ... The agency's decision goes against all real-world market data, which shows that ethanol consumption continues to grow due to expanded availability of E15 and E85 ... Luckily, the 2017 proposal was just that ... (noodl....

Iowa Corn 300 Media Day in Knoxville (Iowa Corn Growers Association)

Edit Public Technologies 30 Jun 2016
(Source. Iowa Corn Growers Association). IndyCar Series Drivers to Trade the Racing Capitol of the World. for the Sprint Car Capital of the World. WHO ... 18 Jonathan Byrd's Hospitality car for Dale Coyne Racing Verizon IndyCar Series' Max Chilton, driver of the No ... WHAT. ... The 750 horsepower Verizon IndyCar Series cars feature a 2.2-liter, turbocharged, direct injected V-6 engine optimized to run 12,000 RPM and are powered by E85 fuel. WHEN.....

Thorntons gas stations introducing new ethanol fuel

Edit Chicago Tribune 29 Jun 2016
While corn-derived E85 fuel has been in the Chicago market for a number of years, one gas station operator is betting that a fairly new ethanol-gasoline blend will be a hit with drivers. E85, a blend of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline, is widely available in the south and southwest suburbs,... ....
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