Gasoline Retailers Converting More Pumps for Higher Ethanol Blends
by Dave Franzman (KCRG-TV9) Gasoline retailers in Iowa plan to add a large number of renewable fuel pumps this year to sell gasoline with a higher percentage of ethanol.
The Iowa Renewable Fuel Infrastructure Board recently awarded a record number of grants to retailers to add blender pumps or other devices to sell more bio-diesel and E-15 and E-85 blends of gasoline. That board handed out 68 grants to projects with a value of $3.2-million dollars.
The state funding to help companies install equipment for higher percentages of ethanol expires on June 30, 2016.
The Iowa-based Kum & Go chain will add the most new pumps to sell higher ethanol-blended fuels this year. READ MORE