Latest Fuel dispenser Stories
New Consumer-Friendly Model to be Installed at 10 New California Stations LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa., June 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Air Products (NYSE: APD), the worldwide leader in hydrogen fueling technology, announced today another innovation and step forward in this developing market with the introduction of its advanced consumer-friendly retail hydrogen fuel dispenser. The new Air Products offering is the market's first fully-integrated retail hydrogen dispenser, mirrors...
PACIFIC, Mo., Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Motorists accustomed to filling up at gas pumps with vapor-collecting attachments on the nozzles could be in for a change. Those nozzles belong to Stage II vapor recovery systems which the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ruled no longer cost effectively cut air pollution. And states are increasingly allowing them to be decommissioned. EPA estimates eliminating Stage II systems will save gas stations $3,000 each year. Husky...
AAA research reveals need for regulators and industry to suspend E15 sales to protect motorists ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A recent survey by AAA finds a strong likelihood of consumer confusion and the potential for voided warranties and vehicle damage as a result of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) recent approval of E15 gasoline. An overwhelming 95 percent of consumers surveyed have not heard of E15, a newly approved gasoline blend that...
SB 341 now returns to the Senate for Concurrence in House Amendments HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the state House of Representatives approved legislation (Senate Bill 341), sponsored by Senator Stewart Greenleaf (R-Bucks/Montgomery), authorizing the Department of Agriculture to conduct random and unannounced testing of octane levels in gasoline. "With Pennsylvania being only 1 of 3 states without an octane testing program (Alaska and Nebraska...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO) THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6: PUMPING GAS Profile America -- Thursday, September 6th. A device that most of us interact with every few days was first unveiled this week in 1905 -- the gas pump. Sylvanus Bowser of Fort Wayne, Indiana made the pump for a customer, basing it on an earlier design...
HARRISBURG, Pa., Aug. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Environmental Protection today announced it will not enforce a requirement for new gas stations to install costly vapor recovery systems. Current regulations require facilities in southeast and southwest Pennsylvania to maintain vapor recovery systems, which are attached to gas pump nozzles to siphon off fumes while pumping gasoline. A notice regarding the issue has been submitted for publication in this...
PICKERINGTON, Ohio, Aug. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will require all consumers to buy at least four gallons of gasoline from certain gas pumps after the new E15 ethanol-gasoline blend is introduced into the market, the American Motorcyclist Association reports. The EPA revealed the requirement to the AMA in a letter dated Aug. 1, responding to AMA concerns that E15 -- a gasoline formulation that contains up to 15 percent ethanol by...
Retrofit kits for flex pumps will provide consumers with greater choice and savings at the pump WASHINGTON, July 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With increasing consumer demand for higher blends of ethanol, following the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approval of E15 for commercial sale, several fuel dispensing equipment manufacturers have introduced new products for retailers to modify existing fuel dispensers to accommodate higher ethanol blends. Increased availability...
BLOOMINGTON, Ill., May 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Americans are overpaying at the pump every time they're forced to choose the standard gasoline blend. According to the Oil Price Information Service, based on wholesale prices ethanol was $1.20 cheaper per gallon than gasoline last week. That price spread is significant and is expected to remain quite favorable to ethanol, according to Dave Loos, Technology and Business Development Director for the Illinois Corn Growers Association...
ELKRIDGE, Md., March 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE: GPX), a global performance improvement solutions provider, today announced that its Alternative Fuels business unit has completed construction of the Kwik Trip Incorporated Alternative Fuels Station featuring Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) located at Kwik Trip's corporate headquarters in La Crosse, Wisconsin. GP Strategies also designed the station, which is scheduled to open...
