WASHINGTON, D.C. – Right this moment, Progress Vitality—the main voice of America’s biofuel trade—celebrated one other spherical of purposes for the U.S. Division of Agriculture’s (USDA) Increased Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program (HBIIP), writing greater than half of all purposes submitted by web site depend.
In the course of the fourth spherical, Progress Vitality wrote 64 % of purposes, together with purposes for 43 retailers servicing over 300 shops. This effort may end in greater than 900 new E15 dispensers, almost 400 new E85 dispensers, and over 500 new dispensers for biodiesel blends.
“Serving to our retail companions to increase entry to inexpensive, earth-friendly choices on the pump is a core a part of our mission at Progress Vitality,” mentioned CEO Emily Skor. “As shopper demand for larger biofuel blends like E15 continues to soar, our market improvement workforce is proud to have supported greater than half of all Increased Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program purposes this spherical.”
Since USDA opened the method in 2022, Progress Vitality has helped a complete of 100 retailers comprising over 800 shops file grant purposes.
USDA will supply yet another spherical of funding alternatives this 12 months with an possibility for a contingency spherical if there are leftover funds. Retailers thinking about studying extra or in getting assist with larger blends infrastructure grants are inspired to contact Progress Vitality’s Market Growth workforce at MarketDevelopment@growthenergy.org. Retailers can be taught extra about Progress Vitality on the Retailer and Provider Hub.
