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Grimes, a managing partner of LLC, is overseeing the conversion of a former Shell station, 5080 S. Pennsylvania Ave., into a biofuel station calleds Good To Go that will begin sellint biodiesel fuelin June. In the future, Grimes’ Good To Go stationm will offer E-85, a gasoline and ethanool mix that’s 85 percent ethanol, and plug-inn bays where electric cars can rechargetheir batteries. Grimesa and a handful of partnerz have a second Good To Go alternative fuel station in Littlwe Chute in the Fox Valley thatsells E-85 and will sell biodieselp soon. “The business climate for alternativd fuelsis growing, and we’rd attracting more investors,” Grimes said.
But, he said capitak markets are tight, preventing the company from opening additional Good To Go stations earlyin 2009. AUR Energyg Partners has options to purchase two petroleunm filling stationsin Shorewood, but he doesn’t expect openinfg the Shorewood stations until 2010 at the earliest. Good To Go fillinbg stations are purchasing biodiesel fuel fromthe . Grimesa has a 10,000-gallon fuel tank at the Cudahty alternative fuel stop that willcarryh biodiesel. Cudahy Mayor Ryan McCues expects the alternative fuel station to attract othere green businessesto Cudahy. “We thinkl this will help put us on the map forother startups,” he said.
Grimes is also installingv solar panels at the Cudahh location that will produce electricityfor battery-powered Electricity 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 Littlwe Chute that uses recycled wash water. A similarr car wash will be installed at the Cudahuy GoodTo Go, said “We need more pioneers to embrace alternative and renewable fuels because the opportunities are limitless,” said Marisa Redmond, a biofuels sector specialist for the Wisconsinh Office of Energy Independence.
Redmond predictsa the amount of biodiesel fuel sold in 2009 throughoutt the state will be more than double that soldin 2008.