Fulton Ethanol UPDATE

Fulton, N.Y. Biofuels Plant Nearing Full Production
"The wait may finally be over for us to be able to put Fulton-produced ethanol into our cars -- assuming your car can run on it," according to WSYR Television in Syracuse, N.Y. The Northeast Biofuels ethanol plant is still not up to full capacity, but the plant is operating at 75 percent and has produced about five million gallons of ethanol since mid-August, WSYR said. " 'As we continue through the test, we identify things that need to be tweaked, changed or improved upon to ensure -- when complete with the testing -- the plant will deliver what it is we paid for to be delivered,' says Brian Roach of Northeast Biofuels. After a maintenance shut down, the company is ready to get the operation fired up again by the end of the week."(WSYR Television, Nov. 19, 2008)

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Fulton Fastrac to sell e85

Fulton, NY - November 20, 2008: When the newly expanded and renovated Fastrac Market on 131 South 2nd Street (at the intersection of NYS Rte 3 and NYS Rte 481) in Fulton reopens on Friday it will feature Oswego County’s first e85 pump with the ethanol supplied by the Northeast Biofuels (NEB) plant in neighboring Volney.

“Over the summer, Fastrac Markets was proud to purchase the first ethanol produced at Northeast Biofuels to blend as e10 for sale at our stations throughout Upstate,” said Fastrac President Thomas Waddle. “And now we are just as proud to sell NEB ethanol as part of an e85 blend at our newly expanded service station in Fulton.”

Waddle explained all vehicles can run on gasoline with a 10 percent ethanol blend (e10), while only vehicles designated by the manufacturer as Flex Fuel Vehicles (FFVs) can run on fuel blended with 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline (e85).

E85 is usually priced cheaper than regular gasoline and burns far more cleanly than regular gasoline. “From the standpoint of both the consumer and the environment, e85 is a real win-win,” Waddle added.

NEB General Manager Brian Roach said the opening of the e85 pump in Fulton is another major step in the ramp up of the state’s biofuels industry and emphasized the importance of marketing ethanol through local retailers like Fastrac.

“NEB has made a commitment to do business with local suppliers and having a forward looking fuel retailer like Fastrac as a customer and partner will help us to do just that,” Roach added. “For NEB to be a success, we need to be able to market our ethanol as close to home as possible.”

In addition to the Fulton location, Fastrac has four other locations in Oswego County and a total 45 stations across Central and Western New York. The 1st e85 pump for the company was a part of the new location recently opened this past summer in the Town of Henrietta in the Rochester market. Headquartered in Dewitt, the company employs over 250 full time workers.
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