Safe Handling opens ethanol terminal in Main; says biofuels demand growing

In Maine, the state’s first ethanol terminal opened in Auburn. Safe Handling, the developer of the distribution hub, said that increasing demand from gasoline wholesalers for ethanol-blended gasoline provided the economic base to expand Maine’s storage and distribution infrastructure.

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