Over the Memorial Day weekend, the governor of New Mexico, Bill Richardson, stood next to the Cummins-Blue Sun Biodiesel dragster and filled 'er up with biodiesel (B20). The event was held at the Nambe Falls Travel Center and marked the opening of the third fueling station in New Mexico to offer ethanol in E10 and E85 proportions and biodiesel (as B5 and B20). Other biofuel-capable vehicles were on hand for the PR event that aimed to raise awareness among local residents that biofuels are here and available. Herbert Yates, the CEO of the Nambe Pueblo Development Corporation, the group that owns the Center, said in a statement that there is plenty of biofuel at the ready: "Whether you need 5 gallons or 5,000 gallons, the Nambe Falls Travel Center can help." Not sure who's gonna be filling up with quite that much fuel, but if that's what you need, now you know where to go.

[Source: Blue Sun Biodiesel]

Blue Sun Biodiesel, the company that supplies B20 to the top biodiesel municipal fleet in the nation, has got at least one wealthy friend. An anonymous "private individual" has given the company a $3 million unsecured term loan for building up to ten new biodiesel blending and terminal locations this year. The facilities will handle B20 (branded as Fusion biodiesel) and B100. The $3m is not the only good financial news the company is announcing: an undisclosed amount of credit is also being finalized "to support continued infrastructure development" (full text pasted after the jump). After a possible merger with M-Wave fell through earlier this year, Blue Sun must be glad to have at least one major financial deal notched up for 2008.

Government Fleet Magazine (you've got your subscription, right?) named Colorado Springs as the city with the top national biodiesel municipal fleet. Blue Sun biodiesel - the provider of the B20 biofuel blend to the city - put out a release explaining the win, noting that Austin, Texas and San Francisco were not the winners. How did GFM pick this fleet? No idea.

Colorado Springs has been using B20 in over 2,400 city vehicles and other equipment for the last 4-5 years. The city has used over 1.6 million gallons, which Blue Sun says has prevented five million pounds of CO₂ from getting into the atmosphere.

[Source: Blue Sun Biodiesel]

It was just last week that Corporate Express announced it would test Isuzu's hybrid trucks in its delivery fleet. Now the Dutch-based company has said that the majority of its trucks in Kansas and Colorado are being filled up with B20. The biofuel is Fusion B20 made by Colorado's Blue Sun Biodiesel, which Corporate Express says is "an ultra-low sulfur fuel comprising 20% virgin oilseed-based biodiesel, from renewable US-grown crops, and 80% petroleum diesel." All that veggie oil in the trucks means a reduction (compared to using standard diesel) of carbon monoxide emissions by 24 percent, hydrocarbon emissions by 29 percent, particulate emissions by 18 percent and nitrogen oxide emissions by 4 percent.

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• Corporate Express will test Isuzu hybrid truck for delivery

[Source: Corporate Express US Inc.]