ACCESS ETHANOL NEBRASKA BLENDER PUMP LOCATIONS

In 2016, the Nebraska Energy Office, Nebraska Environmental Trust, Nebraska Corn Board, Nebraska Ethanol Board, Nebraska Department of Agriculture and several Nebraska ethanol plants funded 88 new advanced “blender pumps” and seven underground storage tanks. The equipment was installed at 22 retail fueling locations throughout the state. A blender pump draws two fuels from separate storage tanks and mixes them together in various percentages to form an unlimited variety of fuel choices for the station’s customers. Most common blends are E15, E35, E85 and regular unleaded.

The mission of the program was to help facilitate the availability of higher ethanol blended gasoline to the traveling public. The final blender pump supported by this program was installed on December 21, 2018 at the R&C Petroleum TimeSaver Station in North Platte, Nebraska. This program has doubled the number of pumps throughout the state that may be used to dispense higher ethanol blended gasoline to consumers, enabling drivers in Nebraska to use increasing volumes of Nebraska ethanol.

The increase in fuel choices helps further bolster the economic impact of ethanol on the state’s economy, thereby supporting farmers, ethanol plants and local economies.