Morrisons to Open UK's First Bioethanol E85 Pump
Date: 16-Mar-06
Country: UK
Bioethanol E85 (a blend of 85 percent bioethanol and 15 percent petrol) will retail for two pence per litre less than petrol, and can contribute to a cut in the harmful effects to the environment caused by burning fossil fuels, Morrisons said.
Morrisons, the UK's fourth largest supermarket chain, will locate the UK's first bioethanol E85 pump on the forecourt of its Albion Way, Norwich site, to be immediately followed by supplies at another four of its sites in eastern England.
"Creating demand for this product will, in the medium to long term, present major opportunities for UK farmers to supply their excess cereals capacity to bioethanol manufacturers," Morrisons said in a statement.
Morrisons said the availability of the fuel, branded as Harvest BioEthanol E85, had been timed to coincide with the first customer deliveries of the Saab 9-5 BioPower, which was officially launched in Britain in November 2005.
Saab BioPower technology enables its cars to run on either the potent yet environmentally-friendly fuel BioEthanol E85, or on pure petrol, without any adjustment required by the driver.
Saab is a unit of General Motors Corp.
Ford Motor Co.'s Ford Focus FFV can also use BioEthanol E85, a Morrisons spokesman said.
