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Navigate to E85 using your Garmin!Going green just got easier! Use our simple tool to load E85 stations to your Garmin device. |
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Grant To Expand Alt. Fuel EducationDOE announced a grant of $1.6 million to raise public awareness and foster understanding of alternative fuels and advanced vehicle technologies. |
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RFA & ACE Announce Historic ProgramConsumers can enjoy more choices at the pump and gas station owners can experience product flexibility thanks to the blender pump program. |
Each week an average of three to five new stations add E85 for the first time. The installation of E85 can mean many things, but perhaps the most important is that a new choice is available for those that drive a flex-fuel vehicle (FFV). Learn More
Going green just got a great deal easier with the assistance of your Garmin GPS device. Consumers will now have the ability to locate E85 ethanol stations as easy as they locate a local fast food restaurant.… Read More.
Two years after landing $25 million in federal and $70 million in state funding, researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee are steadily marching toward the goal of turning plants into fuel - or "grass to gas," as cheerfully touted by the partners' Bioenergy Science Center Web site.… Read More.
Representatives of the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) were in Kansas City last week for the National Association of Farm Broadcasting annual Trade Talk event, which meant they did dozens of interviews about the importance of ethanol to agriculture and the rural economy. … Read More.
As America looks to create jobs, clean our environment and increase our energy independence, home-grown ethanol can help us achieve all three of these important goals. That's why I don't understand why some folks continue to spread false rumors, largely started by foreign oil interests, and outdated information about ethanol as a recent letter writer did. … Read More.
The Colorado Corn Growers Association, the Governor's Biofuels Coalition, Western Convenience Stores and Southern Colorado Clean Cities partnered in the opening of a new E85 station in Pueblo last week. It was the fifth station selling E85 in Pueblo. … Read More.
An engineering professor at Iowa State University is winning accolades for his research in biofuels. … Read More.
F.O. Licht’s World Ethanol 2009 12th annual conference kicks off today in Paris, France where leaders in ethanol development around the world have gathered. … Read More.
America is increasingly committed to being a nation fueled by clean, renewable, domestic energy. And with good reason! This undertaking bolsters our nation's security, shields our economy from dependence on foreign energy sources, achieves long-term economic growth and creates a cleaner environment.… Read More.
Coming to Omaha, Nebraska on November 10-12, the Operators’ School is designed to educate ethanol producers on the ins and outs of alcohol production, the latest troubleshooting techniques and technology used in the industry.… Read More.
A national experiment is pushing kids to have a blast with biofuels. Excited students poured into the University of Missouri chemistry lab as part of the national 4-H science experiment. … Read More.
see moreEthanol is the only clean-burning liquid fuel available to replace oil used in our cars and light trucks. In 2008 we produced 9 billion gallons of ethanol, accounting for 7 percent of our gasoline sales. In doing so we eliminated the need for more than 300 million barrels of imported oil.
Ethanol is produced at refineries around the United States and delivered to markets in nearly every state. Looking for E85? Click here for a searchable map of E85 pumps near you.
Ethanol production occurs in hundreds of rural communities around the country, employing local residents in fields ranging from accounting to maintenance to chemistry and engineering. Farmer-owned cooperatives, private companies, publicly traded corporations and even oil interests are a few of the business models the ethanol industry encompasses.
Ethanol can be produced in a variety of methods using a host of resources including grains, grasses, wood waste and even garbage. Most familiar is the process through which sugars are extracted from these resources and fermented into ethanol.
