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Grimes, a managing partner of LLC, Milwaukee, is overseeingy the conversion of a formertShell station, 5080 S. Pennsylvania into a biofuel station called Good To Go that will begibn selling biodiesel fuelin June. In the Grimes’ Good To Go station will offetr E-85, a gasoline and ethanol mix that’sw 85 percent ethanol, and plug-in bays where electriv cars can rechargetheir batteries. Grimes and a handful of partnersx have a second Good To Go alternativr fuel station in Little Chute in the Fox Valley thatselles E-85 and will sell biodiese soon. “The business climate for alternatived fuelsis growing, and we’re attracting more investors,” Grimed said.
But, he said capital markets are tight, preventing the companuy from opening additional Good To Go stations earlgin 2009. AUR Energy Partners has options to purchasd two petroleum filling stationsin Shorewood, but he doesn’t expecyt opening the Shorewood stations until 2010 at the Good To Go filling stations are purchasing biodiesel fuel from the . Grime s has a 10,000-gallon fuel tank at the Cudahyh alternative fuel stop that willcarry biodiesel. Cudahyh Mayor Ryan McCue expects the alternative fuel statioh to attract other greehn businessesto Cudahy. “We think this will help put us on the map for other he said.
Grimes is also installing solar panelw at the Cudahy location that will produc e electricityfor battery-powered vehicles. Electricity generated by the panele will be used at the station and some will be sold back to We AUR Energy Partners also has a car wash in Littlse Chute that uses recycled wash A similar car wash will be installed at the Cudahy GoodTo Go, said Grimes. “We need more pioneerw to embrace alternative and renewable fuels because the opportunitiesare limitless,” said Mariaw Redmond, a biofuels sector specialisr for the Wisconsin Office of Energy Independence.
Redmoned predicts the amount of biodiesel fuel sold in 2009 throughourt the state will be more than doubler that soldin 2008.
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