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Ethanol
Ethanol Plant Launched in Tampa
On June 19, 2006, Governor Bush joined top officials with US EnviroFuels LLC to launch the company’s new ethanol production facility in Port Sutton. This ethanol facility will produce a fuel additive derived from agricultural products that limits the amount of gasoline a vehicle consumes, reducing the amount of greenhouse gases released into the air.
Upon completion, the Port Sutton plant is expected to produce an estimated 40 million gallons of fuel grade ethanol per year. Production will include grain unloading, storage, milling, fermentation, distillation and drying. Grain will be delivered by rail or truck, and ethanol will be distributed by rail, truck or barge. The company is scheduled to break ground in August and begin operating in October 2007
E85 Ethanol Comes to Tallahassee
In September 2006, Governor Jeb Bush and Florida Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Colleen M. Castille joined executives from General Motors and Inland Food Stores to open the first public E85 ethanol pump in Florida. Located in Tallahassee, the pump is the first of 17 ethanol pumps to be installed by Inland Food Stores in North Florida during the next eight months.
As part of the announcement, General Motors will promote the availability of ethanol fuel with dealers and the thousands of consumers with FlexFuel vehicles in the Tallahassee region. E85 FlexFuel vehicles can run on any combination of gasoline including E85, a fuel blend of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline. The use of E85 can contribute to energy independence by diversifying the source of transportation fuels beyond petroleum, and it provides positive environmental benefits in the form of reduced greenhouse gas emissions.
