Fuel Stations Can Submit Ethanol Grant Applications
(The Herald Tribune) The Indiana Office of Energy Development and Indiana Corn Marketing Council have announced that publicly-accessible fuel retail stations in Indiana can begin applying for a share of $122,687 through the fourth round of applications for the Hoosier Homegrown Fuels Blender Pump Program. The first three rounds provided more than $1.36 million in grant funding.
The grant program is a partnership between OED, ICMC, the Indiana State Department of Agriculture, Greater Indiana Clean Cities and South Shore Clean Cities. OED received $895,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency to put toward the HHF program, and ICMC will contribute $443,400 as well.
The goal of this program is to expand the availability of higher ethanol blends in areas of Indiana where blends of E15-E85 are limited or not available. E15 and E85 are abbreviations indicating the percentage of ethanol blended in the fuel. A minimum of two and a maximum of five dispensers per pump location are eligible for funds. READ MORE