Florida to see its first E15 fuel stations

Sarasota’s Easy Stop Citgo and Ft. Myers Marathon will open the first E15 fuel stations as well as a new E85 station in Ft. Myers and Sarasota in Florida, according to a press statement by partner Protec.

Protec Fuel, based in Boca Raton, has partnered with the stations to help manage the ethanol blends pump installations and help provide fuel for the location’s new cleaner-burning fuels, the company said.

E15, a blend of 15 percent ethanol, as well as E85 which is a blend with 85 percent gasoline, are the most widely tested fuel ever sold to consumers, Protec said.

Ethanol use is most common in the northern and central states of the US like Iowa where corn growing is widespread and the fuel is more available. Unlike other regions like Brazil, nearly all ethanol made in the US uses corn as raw material.

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