Bill aims to boost biofuel industry

The Spectator - University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire
Theresa Schneider
Issue date: 3/30/09 Section: Campus News

Non-partisan committee hopes to create state jobs, clean energy

The Wisconsin Special Committee on Domestic Biofuels voted to send a bill to the full Legislature later this year that could lead to a stronger biofuel industry in the state.

The bill includes a tax credit to help gas stations pay to install pumps capable of dispensing multiple blends of ethanol and gasoline, would promote the use of flex-fuel vehicles, give financial assistance to biofuel facilities to install biomass boilers and assess available biomass opportunity for bio power generation, according to a March 12 Wisconsin AG Connection article.

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