Ethanol blender pump campaign kicks off

The Nebraska Corn Board is one of several corn and ethanol organizations across the country that partnered to launch a national ethanol blender pump campaign today, according to a news release.

The goal is to have 5,000 ethanol blender pumps installed nationwide over the next three years, which will expand fuel choices for motorists and give gas station owners more product flexibility.

“This campaign will help increase the use of clean burning, renewable ethanol by giving the drivers of flexible fuel vehicles more places to fill up with more ethanol,” said the Nebraska Corn Board’s Randy Klein. “It will make the 85 percent ethanol blend, e85, easier for station owners to sell, and allow them to offer ethanol blends beyond the current 10 percent, or e10, standard, should they choose to do so.”

The “Blend Your Own Ethanol” campaign – or BYOethanol (pronounced “bio”) – will offer a single source of ethanol information and technical expertise for petroleum marketers looking to upgrade equipment or begin offering more choices to their customers. By serving as a central clearinghouse for renewable fuels infrastructure incentives, the “BYOethanol” campaign will bring blender pumps to key areas of the country, and from there they will spread as neighboring gas stations see the benefit and want to remain competitive.

The campaign is a partnership between the leading corn-producing states, the American Coalition for Ethanol and the Renewable Fuels Association, and was announced today at the American Coalition for Ethanol annual conference and trade show in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The “BYOethanol” campaign will function as an expanded market development program of the ACE and RFA and will serve as a one-stop source for all the technical, regulatory, safety and environmental information petroleum marketers need about retailing ethanol blends. It will feature extensive work at petroleum marketer events and a web presence designed specifically for station owners to easily get the information they want.

The nearly 200 blender pump locations in the U.S. today can be seen on this map.

Or, for e85 and blender pump locations in Nebraska, click here for a Nebraska Corn Board map.