Gevo Inc., the Douglas County-based biofuels producer, says that for the first time, a U.S. gas station is selling gasoline blended with Gevo's isobutanol at the pump.
Express Lube of Fredericksburg, Texas, is the first of what Gevo (Nasdaq: GEVO) hopes will be "the first of many retail locations to offer Gevo's product as the company rolls out its isobutanol to the marina, outdoor equipment and off-road gasoline markets," it said in a statement today.
The company said that the Texas service station's owner, Adam Sheffield, "decided to sell isobutanol-blended gasoline because its moisture resistance and capacity to reduce engine corrosion are ideal for equipment and vehicles that are used intermittently."
"Isobutanol is great for weed eaters, mowers and farm or ranch equipment that sits unused for long periods of time because it does not cause carburetors to gum up the way ethanol does," Sheffield said in a statement released by Gevo. "I tried it myself after discovering that the ethanol-blended gasoline sitting in my riding mower over the winter had ruined the carburetor. It cost me $700 to replace. That's when I switched to isobutanol."
Read more at: http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/blog/earth_to_power/2015/07/biofuels-producer-gevo-makes-its-debut-at-the-gas.html
Express Lube of Fredericksburg, Texas, is the first of what Gevo (Nasdaq: GEVO) hopes will be "the first of many retail locations to offer Gevo's product as the company rolls out its isobutanol to the marina, outdoor equipment and off-road gasoline markets," it said in a statement today.
The company said that the Texas service station's owner, Adam Sheffield, "decided to sell isobutanol-blended gasoline because its moisture resistance and capacity to reduce engine corrosion are ideal for equipment and vehicles that are used intermittently."
"Isobutanol is great for weed eaters, mowers and farm or ranch equipment that sits unused for long periods of time because it does not cause carburetors to gum up the way ethanol does," Sheffield said in a statement released by Gevo. "I tried it myself after discovering that the ethanol-blended gasoline sitting in my riding mower over the winter had ruined the carburetor. It cost me $700 to replace. That's when I switched to isobutanol."
Read more at: http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/blog/earth_to_power/2015/07/biofuels-producer-gevo-makes-its-debut-at-the-gas.html
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