Tennessee Corn Promotion Board Addresses E15 Use for Fuel
Last week President Biden announced that E15 will be sold this summer in an effort to reduce gasoline prices. E15 is a plant-based fuel made from corn. Often marketed as Unleaded 88, E15 is a renewable resource that’s made with regular gasoline and a smaller amount of ethanol. E15 will now be made available this summer at select gas stations throughout Tennessee.
E15 will reduce gas prices by up to 20 cents or more per gallon where E15 is available, due in part to the fact that it’s made with less crude oil. Ethanol has been priced an average of 80 cents less per gallon than unblended gasoline at wholesale through March. However, cost isn’t the only benefit to this new transition — E15 has the potential to reduce emissions and pollution for the immediate future.
“E15 can currently be found in the state of Tennessee at select gas stations in cities like Knoxville, Murfreesboro and Clarksville,” said George McDonald, president of the Tennessee Corn Promotion Board. McDonald is also a fourth-generation family farmer at Catesa Farms. “This news will bring more opportunities for corn to be used as a renewable resource and will benefit not just consumers paying less for gas, but will also greatly benefit our corn farmers.”
The board has included a list of where you can find E15 in the state of Tennessee.
Clarksville, TN:
- Mapco: 380 Warfield Blvd
- RaceTrac: 1810 Wilma Rudolph Blvd
Greenfield, TN:
- Casey’s: 101 Forest St
Knoxville, TN:
- Pilot: 7210 Strawberry Plains Pike
Murfreesboro, TN:
- Thorntons: 1785 New Salem Rd
- RaceTrac: 2121 Medical Center Pkwy
- Thorntons: 2908 Medical Center Pkwy
- RaceTrac: 1596 New Salem Rd
Nashville, TN:
- Thorntons Nashville: 2815 Lebanon Pike
New Johnsonville, TN:
- Casey’s: 540 Broadway Ave
Smyrna, TN:
- RaceTrac: 1770 Lee Victory Pkwy
Union City, TN
- Casey’s: 923 W Main St
