Alternative Fuel Station Reaches Million-Gallon Mark

Flex-fuel vehicle owners in Oshkosh, Wis. have purchased more than one million gallons of E85 at the Renew fuel station located at Highway 76 and 41. Alternative fuel users took 830 days to purchase one million gallons of E85 and are well on their way to purchasing more. This marks the first time a Wisconsin gas station has sold more than a million gallons of E85.

Renew, an independent brand of fuel stations based in Oshkosh, has offered E85 since the station opened on Sept. 26, 2005. The company expects Oshkosh station customers helped save approximately 43,500 barrels of oil by choosing E85 over straight gasoline.

“While there is no perfect solution for immediately reducing our country’s dependency on oil, E85 is a great first step that is helping make a change," says Jay Stoflet, director of retail marketing for Renew. "These customers are really making a difference, one gallon at a time.”

E85 is a blend of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline and can only be used in flex-fuel vehicles (FFVs). There are more than 6 million FFVs on the road today. With an octane rating of 105, E85 is the highest performing fuel on the road today. It has the highest oxygen content of any fuel available, allowing it to burn cleaner than conventional gasoline. The use of E85 results in a nearly 40 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.