USDA awards $5 million grant to Love’s Travel Stops for domestic biofuels
In Florida, WGCU reported that a $5 million grant has been awarded to Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores designed to increase the availability of domestic biofuels in Florida. The grant was announced by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Florida State Director Lakeisha Hood Moїse. “Rural America is the backbone of our economy and key to enabling our energy independence and reducing our reliance on fossil fuels,” she said. Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores will use the award to install E15 fuel dispensers—which contain a gasoline-ethanol blend — at fueling stations in Ocala, Lee, and Ormond Beach. The Department is making the award through the Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program (HBIIP), made possible with funding from the Inflation Reduction Act. The Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program (HBIIP) provides grants to fueling station and distribution facility owners, including marine, rail, and home heating oil facilities, to help expand access to domestic biofuels, according to the report.
