Firm Plans to Add E15, E85

STREATOR, Ill. (DTN) -- Protec Fuel plans to open 28 E15 and E85 dispensers at existing retailers in the southern United States to be completed by the close of the first quarter of 2015, the company said in a news release Tuesday (9/2).

E15 fuel is a blend of 15% ethanol with gasoline and E85 is a blend up to 85% ethanol with gasoline. E15 is allowed by an Environmental Protection Agency waiver to be utilized in vehicles for model year 2001 and newer. E85 can only be used in flexible fuel vehicles.

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Protec said these first 28 stations are part of a multi-phase introduction in areas such as Texas, Florida, and Virginia, Protec said. The locations of the first 28 stations were not disclosed in the news release.

Protec Fuel is a fuel distribution and management company based in Boca Raton, Florida. Its alternative fuel division specializes in turnkey ethanol programs for retailers, fleets and fuel distributors throughout the U.S.

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