Kentucky Corn Growers Up the Ante for E85 Pump Installation

The Kentucky Corn Growers Association announced this week that they will be doubling their E85 fuel dispenser incentive to $5000 per pump to any retailer that wants to install the pumps in the state. The goal is to see more E85 ability in more areas of the Commonwealth. (E85 is a 85 percent ethanol/15 percent gasoline fuel blend for flexible fuel vehicles.)

Thorntons has taken full advantage of the program in the last year and a half, installing several dispensers in Louisville and one in Lexington.

"We’re very happy to have partnered with KyCGA," said Thorntons financial analyst Chris O'Bryan. "Our past success is the result of us teaming together to achieve our shared goal of promoting more biofuel in the marketplace."

If you would like more information, please visit http://www.kycorn.org/aboutkycga/ethanolpumps.htm.