First BioDiesel Station Opens in Connecticut

World Energy Teams-Up with Santa Energy to Open Connecticuts first Biodiesel Station

New Haven, CT (PRWEB) January 14, 2004 --World Energy Alternatives, LLC, the leading supplier of biodiesel, biodiesel blends and other biofuels today announced the opening of Connecticuts first commercial biodiesel fueling station.

Buckley Energy will be supplying World Energys Biodiesel to Santa Energy, Inc., located at 670 Ella T. Grasso Blvd., New Haven, CT. Santa Fleet Services will be offering to commercial customers B20, or a 20% blend of biodiesel and 80% petroleum diesel. Biodiesel is a clean burning, renewable fuel that is made from renewable sources such as soybean oil, grown in the United States.

In addition to its renewable content, biodiesel also significantly reduces emissions. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently released a comprehensive technical report of biodiesel emissions data that shows the exhaust emissions of particulate matter from pure
biodiesel are about 47 percent lower than overall particulate matter emissions from diesel. Breathing particulate has been shown to be a human health hazard. Biodiesel emissions also reduce by 80 to 90 percent potential cancer causing compounds called Polycyclic Aromatic
Hydrocarbons (PAH) and nitrated PAH. Biodiesel also reduces emissions of total unburned hydrocarbons, a contributing factor to smog and ozone, by about 68 percent. Biodiesel has more than just emissions benefits it has higher lubricity than standard petroleum diesel. This can help engines run longer, cleaner, and smoother.

The biodiesel market has doubled in size year after year and this year is expected to top 20 million gallons of B100 sold. Today, there are over 150 retail stations nation-wide with more becoming operational every month. Key World Energy Distributors like Santa Energy will continue to be an integral part of helping World Energy drive the biodiesel market forward," said Gene Gebolys, president of World Energy.

About World Energy Alternatives
World Energy Alternatives, LLC is the nations leading supplier of biodiesel, biodiesel blends and other biofuels. With offices in California, Texas and Massachusetts, along with production capabilities throughout the country, World Energy is a driving force behind America's commercialization of new bioenergy. Through its nation-wide network of leading fuel distributors, World Energy offers the most broadly accessible, highest quality, control-blended biofuel products available anywhere throughout the nation. Customers include the U.S. Military, the U.S. Postal Service, large commercial operations and hundreds of federal, state and local governments. For more information, please contact us at 617.889.7300 or visit us on the Web at www.worldenergy.net.

About Santa Energy, Inc.
Santa Energy, Inc. located in Bridgeport, CT was founded November 1940 by Stephen J. Santa. From generation to generation, Santa Energy has been providing fuel oils, plumbing and heating services to the residential and light commercial markets in the Fairfield and New Haven counties. Santa Energy, the recipient of the Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce Green Ribbon Award for their environmental commitment, is the parent company of Buckley Energy, Inland Fuel Terminals, Admiral Transportation, and Santa Fleet Services.

Santa Fleet Services provides commercial motor fuels to fleets through out Fairfield and New Haven County. Santas Fleet Stations are the first in Connecticut to be unattended cardlock fueling stations and is now the first to offer Biodiesel (B20). Our New Haven Fleet station will be the first in Connecticut of offer Biodiesel.
Please visit our website www.santaenergy.com for more information or call 1 800-937-2682.

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