EPA Grants Ethanol Testing Exemption to Renergie

Renewable Energy World
February 17, 2009
Washington, D.C., United States [RenewableEnergyWorld.com]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has granted a testing exemption to Renergie Inc. Under the test program, the first of its kind in the U.S., Renergie will use variable blending pumps, not splash blending, to dispense hydrous ethanol blends of E10, E20, E30 and E85 to test vehicles.

The testing could help determine blend optimization with respect to fuel economy, engine emissions and vehicle drivability. Sixty vehicles will be involved in the test program which will last for a period of 15 months.

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