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Wider Variety Of Ethanol Blends On The Way, Says DOE Official
By Mr Ethanol | October 23, 2007
CNET News:
There’s a lot of room between E10 and E85, says Alexander Karsner.
Karsner, the assistant secretary of energy efficiency and renewable energy at the Department of Energy, says that there needs to be a greater variety of gas-ethanol blends. E10 has only 10% ethanol, and in some states E10 contains only 2% to 3% ethanol, he said during a meeting with reporters at the Dow Jones Alternative Energy Innovations conference taking place in Redwood City, Calif.
On the other end of the spectrum there is E85. E85, however, is sold in only one-third of 1% of gas stations nationwide. (E10 can fit into conventional pumps.) If forced to carry more E85, gas stations would figure out how to adjust their supply chains to handle it, but it might be easier to concoct new blends.
In Brazil, for instance, the lowest blend is E22, which contains 22% ethanol. Full article.
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