An alcohol based liquid
fuel, Ethanol is used as an oxygenate in 10 - 15% form
and as a primary fuel in its 85% mixture. It is
renewable and made from corn, sugar cane or carbohydrate
feedstock. All vehicles are capable of running on an
ethanol blend below 15%. Vehicles capable of operating
on E85 can be purchased from the auto manufacturers
today. These vehicles are "flexible-fuel" vehicles -
meaning they can operate on E85 or gasoline or any
mixture of them both.
- Refueling process is exactly like gasoline
refueling.
- The price of E10 should be below that of
unblended gasoline - up to 8 cents per gallon if oil
refiners chose to blend their own ethanol.
- Before the high spike in gasoline prices, the
price of E85 was comparable to mid-grade gasoline.
Now E85 can be purchased for about 10 cents below
regular.
- Public refueling of E85 is limited, but
available in Kentucky. E10 is more widely available
(see REFUELING below).
- Variety of light-duty and SUV E85 vehicles on
the market. Same costs as gasoline-powered
equivalents.
5.1.08
Kentucky's Fifth E85 Pump opens in Mayfield
Max Arnold & Sons has installed E85 in
Mayfield, Kentucky. Their MaxFuel retail site - Store #44,
is located at 100 College Street, Mayfield, KY 42006.
E85 is available starting today, Thursday, May 1, 2008.
4.19.08
Alltech Affiliate Ecofin
Receives Grant of Up to $30 million for Rural Community
Biorefinery
Today, Ecofin received a grant
of up to $30 million from the U.S. Department of Energy
(DOE) to be used towards the establishment of its rural
community biorefinery. The plant will be located in
Springfield, Kentucky and is estimated to employ 93 people
when operating at full capacity.
As part of the DOE proposal,
Ecofin’s rural community biorefinery will be one of the
first in the United States to utilize cellulose, such as
switch grass, corn cobs and corn stover, at raw material
levels of up to 30 percent. This will be converted to
ethanol and other value-added products.
Read more
GM North America President
Troy Clarke spoke at the Midwest Automotive Media Association Breakfast
recently during the kickoff to the Chicago Auto Show. He took the
opportunity to announce that the company's ethanol partner, Coskata
Inc., will open a pilot ethanol production plant later this year
and a full-production plant in late 2010. The Coskata plant will
be the world's first plant to mass-produce ethanol from biomass.
Read more...
Ethanol - 10.16.07
Underwriters Laboratories
Announces Development of Certification Requirements for
E85 Dispensers
Underwriters Laboratories (UL), North America’s leading
safety testing and certification organization, announced
the establishment of safety requirements for E85 fuel
dispensing equipment, and is now accepting submittals
for certification investigations.
Read more...
