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Grimes, a managing partner of LLC, Milwaukee, is overseeingf the conversion of a former Shell 5080 S. Pennsylvania Ave., into a biofuepl station called Good To Go that will beginh selling biodiesel fuelin June. In the future, Good To Go statiohn will offer E-85, a gasoline and ethanol mix that’s 85 percenty ethanol, and plug-in bays where electricv cars can rechargetheir batteries. Grimes and a handful of partners have a seconfd Good To Go alternativee fuel station in Little Chutew in the Fox Valley thatsells E-85 and will sell biodiesepl soon. “The business climate for alternative fuels is and we’re attracting more investors,” Grime s said.
But, he said capital markets are preventing the company from openinf additional Good To Go stations earluyin 2009. AUR Energy Partners has options to purchase two petroleumk filling stations in buthe doesn’t expect opening the Shorewood stationd until 2010 at the earliest. Good To Go filling stations are purchasing biodiesel fuel fromthe . Grimez has a 10,000-gallon fuel tank at the Cudahy alternatived fuel stop that will carry Cudahy Mayor Ryan McCuee expects the alternative fuel station to attract other green businessesto Cudahy. “Wre think this will help put us onthe ‘green’ map for otheer startups,” he said.
Grimes is also installiny solar panels at the Cudahy location that will produce electricitgyfor battery-powered vehicles. Electricity generate by the panels will be used at the station and some will be sold back toWe Energies. AUR Energy Partnersx also has a car wash in Little Chute that uses recyclerdwash water. A similar car wash will be installes at the Cudahy GoodTo Go, said Grimes. “Wed need more pioneers to embrace alternativd and renewable fuels because the opportunities are saidMaria Redmond, a biofuels sectorr specialist for the Wisconsin Officed of Energy Independence.
Redmond predictds the amount of biodiesel fuel sold in 2009 throughouf the state will be more than doubles that soldin 2008.