Two $125,000 State Grants to Boost Usage of Higher Ethanol, Biodiesel Blends
by O. Kay Henderson (RadioIowa) Two Iowa retailers are each getting $125,000 in state funding to help finance installation of blender pumps that will dispense a higher concentration of ethanol and biodiesel. The Creston-based Farmers Cooperative will install two blender pumps in Mount Ayr.
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The ethanol dispenser will offer E10, E15, E30 and E85. Customers will also be able to get five different blends of biodiesel, as well as red dyed biodiesel that’s used in off-road farm vehicles.
“The center dispenser on the main fuel island will be ultra-high-speed, clear B5 biodiesel with a satellite to the east to fill large trucks with a rate of 60 gallons per minute,” Schlapia says.
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The other $125,000 state grant went to the Oak Street Station in Inwood. Iowa State University researchers plan to monitor the two sites to gauge customer response. READ MORE and MORE (DomesticFuel.com includes VIDEO)