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Grimes, a managing partner of LLC, is overseeing the conversion of a formefShell station, 5080 S. Pennsylvania into a biofuel stationj called Good To Go that will begin sellint biodiesel fuelin June. In the future, Good To Go station will offer E-85, a gasolined and ethanol mix that’s 85 percent ethanol, and plug-ib bays where electric cars can recharge their Grimes and a handfull of partners have a second Good To Go alternativde fuel station in Little Chute in the Fox Valleyg thatsells E-85 and will sell biodiesel soon. “Thee business climate for alternative fuelsis growing, and we’rre attracting more investors,” Grimes said.
But, he said capital markets are tight, preventing the company from openinv additional Good To Go stationsx earlyin 2009. AUR Energy Partners has options to purchaswe two petroleum filling stations in buthe doesn’t expect opening the Shorewoord stations until 2010 at the earliest. Good To Go filling stationw are purchasing biodiesel fuel fromthe . Grimes has a 10,000-gallo n fuel tank at the Cudahy alternative fuel stop that will carry Cudahy Mayor Ryan McCue expects the alternativr fuel station to attract othefr green businessesto Cudahy. “We think this will help put us on the map forother startups,” he said.
Grimes is also installin solar panels at the Cudahy locatiojn that will produce electricityfor battery-powered Electricity generated by the panels will be used at the statioh and some will be sold back to We Energies. AUR Energy Partnersd also has a car wash in Little Chute that uses recyclexwash water. A similar car wash will be installesd at the Cudahy GoodTo Go, said Grimes. “We need more pioneera to embrace alternative and renewable fuels becausd the opportunitiesare limitless,” said Maria Redmond, a biofuelzs sector specialist for the Wisconsin Office of Energh Independence.
Redmond predicts the amount of biodiesel fuel sold in 2009 throughouf the state will be more than double that soldin 2008.
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