Dresser Wayne, producer of fuel dispensers, has announced that their Reliance® E-Series fuel dispensers for retail and fleet applications received Underwriters Laboratories (UL) certification for dispensing ethanol up to E85.… Read More.
Drivers using ethanol (specifically, E85) to fill up their vehicles can now use a new iPhone/iPod touch app to find nearby gas stations selling the biofuel. Sure, you can do some of the same things at Ethanol Retailer, but this is an app we're talking about. … Read More.
Sheriff Ken Mascara announced Tuesday he has added three cars with fuel flexibility to his fleet as part of a trade-in. … Read More.
The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) and Protec Fuel are proud to announce the expanded availability of E85 in South Florida at two Twin Oil Sunoco retail stations. … Read More.
Forrest Jehlik of Argonne (Ill.) National Laboratory and his team are replacing gas with E-85 (an ethanol-gas blend, 85 percent ethanol) and pulling the carb and swaping it with an efficient, electronic fuel-injection system. … Read More.
E85 fuel? There’s an app for that. The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) is proud to announce the new iPhone application used to help flex-fuel vehicle (FFV) drivers access the latest, most accurately geo-coded E85 stations throughout the United States. … Read More.
E85 fuel? There’s an app for that. The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) is proud to announce the new iPhone application used to help flex-fuel vehicle (FFV) drivers access the latest, most accurately geo-coded E85 stations throughout the United States. Developed by Digital Laundry, a Customer Experience Consultancy, this application will also work on the iTouch and iPad. The RFA will sponsor a free download for the first 500 users.… Read More.
Idaho National Laboratory has worked with local motor fuel supplier Conrad & Bischoff to make E85, an alternative fuel that is 85 percent ethanol and just 15 percent gasoline, commercially available to the public for the first time in Eastern Idaho. … Read More.
The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) and Protec Fuel are proud to announce the opening of the first E85 station in New Braunfels, Texas.… Read More.
A fuel-injected racing car engine powered by E-85, an ethanol-based fuel, outperforms the same engine with a carburetor and leaded racing fuel. … Read More.
As millions of Americans celebrate our nation’s independence this week, the continuing devastation from the massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico is a frustrating reminder of just how reliant we are on oil as a key source of America’s energy supply.… Read More.
Founded three decades ago in order to enhance the nation’s energy security, the U.S. ethanol industry is searching overseas for new opportunities to expand its markets. And the industry is succeeding well beyond what most observers would have believed possible only a few years ago. Written by RFA Board Members, Steve Gardners and Ryland Utlaut. … Read More.
You will soon see more and more ethanol stations in your area!… Read More.
Sunoco's ethanol manufacturing facility in Volney recently received its first shipments of corn and has started production. … Read More.
With renewable fuel supporters upset with the EPA's continued delay of allowing E15 at gasoline pumps and with more and more E85 vehicles on the road, Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Neb., along with Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, D-S.D., introduced the Consumer Fuels Choice Act of 2010 on Wednesday. … 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.
