Colorado Gets $600,000 USDA Grant for Biofuel Infrastructure Partnership

Colorado Corn teamed up with the Colorado Department of Agriculture, National Corn Growers Association, Kum & Go, Growth Energy and Prime the Pump and was awarded $600,000 through USDA’s Biofuel Infrastructure Partnership grant program. Colorado Corn Communications Director Eric Brown shares more details
Brown: “Ultimately what it does is in specific numbers for Colorado it is going to bring 28 higher ethanol blended pumps to seven different stations. Not a huge step but another small steps in bringing higher blends of ethanol to consumers who want it. We believe in bringing more choices to drivers as far as fuel options go. This is just another step that we took to help along with some of the other market development and research projects focused on ethanol that we are taking part in.”
Brown continues with more details about the Biofuel Infrastructure Partnership across the nation.
Brown: “This is a big nationwide effort that actually went out dozens of states. We got $600,000 but nationwide it was about $100 million that the USDA put towards this. It is estimated to bring 5,000 pumps all together across 1,400 fueling stations nationwide. We were happy to bring some of that to Colorado.”
A typical gas pump delivers fuel with 10 percent ethanol, which limits the amount of renewable energy that consumers can purchase. The new partnership will increase the number of pumps, storage and related infrastructure that offer higher blends of ethanol, such as E15, E85, and even intermediate combination blends.