BioFuel Coming to Mobile

Biofuel Governor Bob Riley says motorists on Interstate 65 in Alabama will be able to fill up next year with cleaner burning fuels produced in America.

by Associated Press

Published: Wed, October 31, 2007 - 4:53 pm CST Last Updated: Wed, October 31, 2007 - 4:56 pm CST

VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. (AP) - Governor Bob Riley said today
motorists on Interstate 65 in Alabama will be able to fill up next
year with cleaner burning fuels produced in America.
The governor spoke at a gas station in Vestavia Hills. He said
service stations there and in three other cities along I-65 -
Athens, Cullman and Mobile - will have pumps installed in the next
eight months to make cleaner burning E85 and B20 biodiesel
commercially available to the public.
The money for the project and a similar one along Corridor X in
northwest Alabama and the north Alabama corridor of state route 24
and U.S. 72 is coming from two federal grants.
E85 is a cleaner burning mix of 85 percent ethanol and 15
percent gasoline. It can be used in "flex fuel" vehicles, which
can run on either E85 or conventional gasoline.
Biodiesels are produced from soybean and other crops. They can
be used in conventional compression-ignition engines like diesels
without engine modifications.

Four stations being built to make alternative fuels available
are:
- 1700 Highway 72 in Athens (expected by April)
- 371 Super Saver Road in Cullman (expected by April)
- a location to be determined at I-10 and I-65 in Mobile
(expected by April)
- the Shell station at 1488 Montgomery Highway in Vestavia Hills
(expected by July).

(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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