Expect some long lines at the pump Wednesday morning at the Kroger Store in Irving, Texas.
Kroger and General Motors have teamed up to sell E85 at that site for just 85 cents per gallon between 7:30 am and 9:30 am on August 8 as part of a promotion to spotlight GM’s flex fuel vehicles. The price is nearly 70 percent below the current price of more than $2.54 per gallon. Only flex-fuel vehicles can use 85 percent ethanol, but regular cars will be able fill up on E10 during the promotion for 20 cents off the regular price.
The first 100 customers with GM FlexFuel vehicles to fill up with E85 will also receive $25 Kroger refueling cards. Three of GM’s Chevrolet flex-fuel vehicles will be on display at the event – the Impala, Tahoe and Silverado.
The $300 million project, which will be partly funded by a $72 million Department of Energy grant awarded 
When Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns spoke at the National Press Club on July 27, the inevitable question about ethanol was asked.
Electronics retailer Rex Stores Corp. has invested the final $10 million in an Iowa ethanol maker. The investment completes the retailer’s $20 million investment stake in Big River Resources, LLC.
This article on BizJournals.com says last October, Rex invested the first $5 million in the company:
Big River Resources is a holding company for several entities including Big River Resources West Burlington LLC, which runs an ethanol plant in West Burlington, Iowa. The ethanol plant starting operating in April 2004 as a 40 million gallon per year plant and expanded to a 52 million gallon plant in August last year. It plans to eventually ramp that production up to 80 million gallons per year. 
”The 1,251 E85 fueling stations operating today in 41 states across the nation pale in comparison to the number of sites needed to satisfy the demands of the motoring public and the nation’s automakers,” said Phil Lampert, NEVC Executive Director.
Fargo hosted the state’s official labeling kick-off event on Thursday at the Cenex Convenience Store. North Dakota Governor John Hoeven; 
“We’re increasing production of ethanol at a strong pace, and it’s important to increase public awareness of its benefits through our marketing efforts as well,” Hoeven, said. “Enhanced ethanol production is a win for our farmers and rural areas, and a win for our economy.”
Australia-based Terra Fuel Technologies has come up with what I think is truly a revolutionary device. It’s a box that you add to a diesel engine that allows it to run on ethanol as well.
Some of London’s famous black cabs will be going green. About 3,000 of the Radio Taxis Limited cabs will be running on a 30 percent blend of biodiesel. 
A wind farm four times bigger than what’s currently in operation is slated for construction in Texas.