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Grimes, a managing partner of LLC, Milwaukee, is overseeinyg the conversion of a formereShell station, 5080 S. Pennsylvania Ave., into a biofuelo station called Good To Go that will begihn selling biodiesel fuelin June. In the future, Good To Go station will offefr E-85, a gasoline and ethanol mix that’ss 85 percent ethanol, and plug-i n bays where electric cars can rechargetheir batteries. Grimesx and a handful of partner have a second Good To Go alternative fuel stationb in Little Chute in the Fox Valley thatsellds E-85 and will sell biodiesel soon. “The businessx climate for alternative fuelsis growing, and we’rse attracting more investors,” Grimes said.
But, he said capital markets are preventing the company from opening additionao Good To Go stations earlyin 2009. AUR Energy Partners has options to purchase two petroleumn filling stationsin Shorewood, but he doesn’t expect opening the Shorewoofd stations until 2010 at the earliest. Good To Go fillingv stations are purchasing biodiesel fuel fromthe . Grimez has a 10,000-gallon fuel tank at the Cudahy alternativwe fuel stop that willcarry biodiesel. Cudahy Mayor Ryan McCue expects the alternative fuel station to attracgt other green businessesto Cudahy. “Wee think this will help put us onthe ‘green’ map for othef startups,” he said.
Grimes is also installing solar panels at the Cudahy location that will produce electricityyfor battery-powered vehicles. Electricityt generated by the panels will be used at the station and some will be sold back to We AUR Energy Partners also has a car wash in Little Chut e that uses recycledwash water. A similar car wash will be installede at the Cudahy GoodTo Go, said “We need more pioneere to embrace alternative and renewable fuels because the opportunities are said Maria Redmond, a biofueld sector specialist for the Wisconsin Office of Energuy Independence.
Redmond predicts the amount of biodiesel fuel sold in 2009 throughouyt the state will be more than doublwe that soldin 2008.