USA: Pearson Fuels opens its 250th E85 service station
The company reached the milestone and plans to resume its plan to open between 50 and 60 new stations per year.
Pearson Fuels announced the opening of its 250th retail E85 flex fuel station located at the city of Salinas, California. The brand reached the milestone after a long delay due to the pandemic that halted its plans to open more stations across the state.
"We are excited to be working with Alex Dabit at his Kwik Serv station. This 250th E85 Station milestone has been long overdue because of the pandemic, supply chain issues and material delays. In 2022, we're looking forward to resuming our rapid pace of opening 50–60 new E85 stations per year," said Greg Jones, Director of Business Development at Pearson Fuels.
Pearson Fuels has delivered more than 50 million gallons of E85 flex fuel through its retail station network in 2021. This volume of E85 represents nearly 200,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions reduced each year by California motorists choosing to fuel with E85 flex fuel rather than unleaded gasoline. The firm is now focusing on blending its E85 with renewable naphtha, resulting in a nearly 100% renewable fuel that is 60% lower in greenhouse gas emissions compared to unleaded gasoline.
"We believe E85 will play a critical role for decades in California as a completely renewable, affordable liquid fuel. It's obvious where policy is headed with electrification, but E85 has the opportunity to become the low carbon 'bridge fuel’ where electrification infrastructure is lacking," added Jones.
California has nearly 1.3 million flex fuel vehicles (FFVs) on the road today representing an immediate potential for 4-5 million metric tons of emissions reduced annually if all FFVs exclusively filled with E85 flex fuel.
"Our goal is to continue to build E85 retail stations throughout the state to bring E85 flex fuel closer to neighborhoods of more FFVs owners. California is a huge state, and there is still an enormous potential to expand our retail E85 footprint," concluded Jones.
