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Grant applications taken for help with blender pump installation

USDA is accepting applications for Rural Energy for America program, or REAP, funds to help with the installation of gas and ethanol blender pumps. The pumps allow retailers and consumers to choose the blend of ethanol they want mixed in their gasoline from no ethanol to 85 percent ethanol. For those not so hot on grant writing, the American Coalition for Ethanol and the Renewable Fuels Association offer free grant writing services. The organizations call it their Blend Your Own, or BYO, Ethanol Campaign. Spokesmen for the organizations say the grant writing assistance can ultimately help the nation achieve renewable energy goals.

Applications for the grant program are due on April 30th.

The NAFB News Service contributed to this article.