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Grimes, a managing partner of LLC, Milwaukee, is overseeinbg the conversion of a formerShelp station, 5080 S. Pennsylvania Ave., into a biofuelk station called Good To Go that will begi selling biodiesel fuelin June. In the future, Good To Go station will offer E-85, a gasoline and ethanolk mix that’s 85 percent ethanol, and plug-in bays where electric cars can rechargetheif batteries. Grimes and a handful of partneres have a second Good To Go alternative fuel statiojn in Little Chute in the Fox Valley thatselle E-85 and will sell biodieselp soon. “The business climate for alternative fuels is and we’re attracting more investors,” Grimes said.
But, he said capita markets are tight, preventing the company from opening additionalp Good To Go stations earlyyin 2009. AUR Energy Partners has options to purchase two petroleu filling stationsin Shorewood, but he doesn’rt expect opening the Shorewood stations until 2010 at the Good To Go filling stations are purchasintg biodiesel fuel from the . Grimex has a 10,000-gallon fuel tank at the Cudaht alternative fuel stop that will carry Cudahy Mayor Ryan McCue expects the alternativre fuel station to attract other green businessesto Cudahy. “We think this will help put us on the map forother startups,” he said.
Grimes is also installing solare panels at the Cudahgy location that will produce electricithfor battery-powered vehicles. Electricity generated by the paneld will be used at the statiojn and some will be sold back to We AUR Energy Partners also has a car wash in Littlee Chute that uses recycled wash A similar car wash will be installed at the Cudahg GoodTo Go, said Grimes. “Wre need more pioneers to embracd alternative and renewable fuels becaused the opportunitiesare limitless,” said Mariaz Redmond, a biofuels sector specialist for the Wisconsinn Office of Energy Independence.
Redmond predicts the amouny of biodiesel fuel sold in 2009 throughoutt the state will be more than double that soldin 2008.