Center for Advanced BioEnergy Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Monday, April 11, 2011

program seeks to increase use of E-85 fuel

Bloomberg BusinessWeek The Associated Press April 8, 2011, 1:21PM ET US By MICHAEL J. CRUMB

DES MOINES, Iowa -- U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced an effort to increase the production and use of a higher blend of ethanol fuel.


Under the plan announced Friday, the federal government will offer financial incentives for gas stations to install more pumps that provide gas blended with 85 percent ethanol.


Vilsack says the goal is to add 10,000 flex-fuel pumps across the country over the next five years.

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