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contributor authorStephanie M. Seki
contributor authorW. Michael Griffin
contributor authorChris Hendrickson
contributor authorH. Scott Matthews
date accessioned2017-12-30T12:56:19Z
date available2017-12-30T12:56:19Z
date issued2018
identifier other%28ASCE%29IS.1943-555X.0000408.pdf
identifier urihttp://138.201.223.254:8080/yetl1/handle/yetl/4243648
description abstractUnited States federal regulations require increasing renewable fuel blending in the transportation sector, a majority of which is corn ethanol. Nationally, ethanol is blended with gasoline up to 10% (E10) for use in conventional vehicles, and up to 85% (E85) for use in flexible fuel vehicles (FFVs). Meeting the blending requirements could mean increasing the ethanol blended with gasoline or E85 use in FFVs. The authors estimate costs typically not quantified for FFV drivers refueling with E85, which are a small component of total costs, and consider the infrastructure costs to expand E85 access in Pennsylvania. Even with a retailer incentive of $0.01 to $0.39/gasoline liter equivalent (gle) to encourage ethanol infrastructure installation, an E85 consumer would still also experience higher refueling costs. A E85 consumer refueling and convenience cost of $0.95/gle is higher than historical ethanol subsidies. Additionally, although switching from E10 to E85 could reduce emissions, a refueling incentive of $1,320/metric ton CO2 is 36 times larger than the average U.S. social cost of carbon (CO2) for 2015.
publisherAmerican Society of Civil Engineers
titleRefueling and Infrastructure Costs of Expanding Access to E85 in Pennsylvania
typeJournal Paper
journal volume24
journal issue1
journal titleJournal of Infrastructure Systems
identifier doi10.1061/(ASCE)IS.1943-555X.0000408
page04017045
treeJournal of Infrastructure Systems:;2018:;Volume ( 024 ):;issue: 001
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