The Iowa Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Program Board recently approved an additional 90 applications from Iowa fuel retailers to support new and expanded ethanol infrastructure projects, including a few local ones.
Hy-Vee in Storm Lake is getting a grant of over 13 thousand dollars…Kimmes Enterprises LLC in Wall Lake is receiving a grant of nearly 32 hundred dollars…the Casey’s store in Pocahontas was awarded a grant of over 24 hundred dollars…and the Casey’s in Marcus is the recipient of a nearly 13 thousand 500 dollar grant.
The approved project sites in 48 counties total over 1.2 million dollars in state cost-share. The investments help drivers save money by providing expanded access to lower cost and cleaner burning homegrown biofuels. The cost-share grants were awarded by the RFIP Board during its quarterly meeting on June 4th.