Month: June 2006

e-85 Ethanol stations on the rise – updated list of renewable fuels, a state by state list

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Near the end of April, the USA had 619 e85 ethanol fueling stations. Today the number of e85 ethanol fueling stations has grown to 637. Even though there may be 18 more stations out there, the ethanol stations only seem to be poping up in states in Minnesota and Illinois, leaving the rest of the nation with sparse coverage. South Carolina actually was the big gainer for the past couple of months with 5 new stations, nearly a 14% increase in the number of ethanol stations in the state. Not too bad, however it is still concerning to see 14 states that have 0 ethanol stations.

Below you will find a listing of Alternative Fuel Station counts by state and fuel type, CNG – Compressed Natural Gas, E85 – 85% Ethanol, LPG – Propane, ELEC – Electric, BD – Biodiesel, HY – Hydrogen and LNG – Liquefied Natural Gas.

As of 6/16/2006

STATE CNG E85 LPG ELEC BD HY LNG Totals
Alabama 1 1 74 0 1 0 0 77
Alaska 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 11
Arizona 31 5 68 13 4 1 4 126
Arkansas 4 0 57 0 0 0 0 61
California 179 3 257 406 20 9 30 904
Colorado 21 11 68 2 19 0 0 121
Connecticut 11 0 19 3 1 0 0 34
Delaware 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 7
DC 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Florida 22 2 70 7 4 0 0 105
Georgia 16 6 48 0 17 0 0 87
Hawaii 0 0 4 10 3 0 0 17
Idaho 8 1 28 0 2 0 1 40
Illinois 11 102 73 0 11 0 0 197
Indiana 11 19 42 0 10 0 0 82
Iowa 0 38 29 0 8 0 0 75
Kansas 3 8 49 0 4 0 0 64
Kentucky 0 5 31 0 5 0 0 41
Louisiana 8 0 14 0 0 0 0 22
Maine 1 0 6 0 2 0 0 9
Maryland 13 4 19 0 3 0 0 39
Massachusetts 9 0 28 27 1 0 0 65
Michigan 15 6 83 0 13 2 0 119
Minnesota 3 205 34 0 2 0 0 244
Mississippi 0 0 40 0 6 0 0 46
Missouri 6 28 88 0 3 0 0 125
Montana 2 5 31 0 6 0 0 44
Nebraska 1 26 23 0 1 0 0 51
Nevada 15 1 25 0 10 1 0 52
New Hampshire 3 0 14 10 10 0 0 37
New Jersey 15 0 11 0 1 0 0 27
New Mexico 8 3 55 0 2 0 0 68
New York 37 6 28 0 4 0 0 75
North Carolina 11 9 65 0 36 0 0 121
North Dakota 4 23 16 0 0 0 0 43
Ohio 12 7 75 0 15 0 0 109
Oklahoma 53 4 72 1 5 0 0 135
Oregon 14 1 34 4 14 0 0 67
Pennsylvania 31 1 63 0 11 0 0 106
Rhode Island 6 0 4 2 0 0 0 12
South Carolina 5 36 34 2 35 0 0 112
South Dakota 0 35 22 0 0 0 0 57
Tennessee 6 5 51 0 8 0 0 70
Texas 23 4 627 2 11 0 2 669
Utah 63 3 27 0 3 0 0 96
Vermont 1 0 7 1 5 0 0 14
Virginia 12 2 26 0 10 0 0 50
Washington 14 2 60 0 18 0 0 94
West Virginia 2 2 8 0 0 0 0 12
Wisconsin 18 14 56 0 2 0 0 90
Wyoming 11 4 33 0 13 0 0 61
Totals by Fuel: 742 637 2710 490 362 14 37 4992

E-Diesel – Ethanol and diesel produces eDiesel flex fuel

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E-Diesel is a fuel that uses additives in order to allow blending of ethanol with diesel. It includes ethanol blends of 7.7% to 15% and up to 5% special additives that prevent the ethanol and diesel from separating at very low temperatures or if water contamination occurs. Use of E-diesel would also increase demand for ethanol, as diesel vehicles in the U.S. consume approximately 36 billion gallons of diesel a year EIA Annual Energy.

E-Diesel is currently an experimental flex fuel and is being developed by many companies, who can receive federal ethanol tax credit when blending ethanol with diesel. Demonstrations are currently being conducted on the use of E-diesel in heavy-duty trucks, buses, and farm machinery. There is a light increase in operating costs due to a slight (7-10%) mileage decreases with E-diesel use. However, there are many environmental benefits to using e-diesel, such as reduced emissions of Particulate Matter from 27% to 41%, Carbon Monoxide from 20% to 27%, Nitrogen Oxides 4% to 5%.

Supporters of E-diesel see it as a major new market for ethanol and an effective way to help engine manufacturers meet tough new emission standards from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. For instance, it can take up to 10 years for manufacturers to phase in new engine designs that reduce emissions and meet tough new EPA standards. However, switching to E-diesel gets immediate the environmental benefits.