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Clean Energy Fuels signs multiple contracts to provide RNG

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Clean Energy Fuels Corporation has announced it has inked contracts to provide its Redeem™ renewable natural gas (RNG) to power fleets across multiple sectors that include transit, trucking, airports, solid waste and service vehicles.

Redeem became commercially available in 2013 and is derived from capturing biogenic methane that is naturally created by the decomposition of dairy, landfill, and wastewater treatment plant waste. As a vehicle fuel, Redeem enables at least 70% reduction in carbon emissions when displacing diesel or gasoline.

More fleets are transitioning to natural gas-powered vehicles (NGVs) for their performance, cost savings, environmental advantages and extensive nationwide fueling network, with sales this year on an upward trajectory. As of May, year-to-date sales of NGVs surged 4%, according to ACT Research, and were also up 10% from April’s numbers.

 

Greener Big Blue Bus fleet

 

Long-time customer and an early adopter of Redeem, the Big Blue Bus in Santa Monica has extended its contract with Clean Energy with an anticipated 2.3 million gallons of Redeem per year to fuel its 200 municipal buses.

Big Blue Bus transports 44 000 passengers daily across a 58-square mile service area. Nationally recognised for its long-standing commitment to a cleaner environment, the entire fleet operates on alternative fuels, including LNG and CNG, which helps to cut emissions by over 70%.

Clean Energy also supplies Redeem for other Santa Monica CNG fleet vehicles including maintenance trucks, refuse trucks and shuttle buses.

 

Near-zero trucks roll in ports

 

Fleets in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the largest port complex in America, are taking delivery of 102 new near-zero trucks fueled by Redeem.

With funding made available by the Carl Moyer Grant Program and other grant programs, port trucking companies are rolling out trucks equipped with the new Cummins-Westport (CWI) near-zero ISX12N natural gas engine. The ISX12N is certified by California Air Resources Board (CARB) to reduce smog-forming NOx emissions by 90% compared to the current engine standard.

 

Airport and municipal transit

 

ABM Aviation’s fleet of vehicles have helped ease congestion and move travelers at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) during its massive remodeling project. ABM recently contracted with Clean Energy to provide an expected 180 000 gallons of Redeem for 10 new passenger buses.

The demand for CNG buses remains strong as several Clean Energy customers including Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, Foothill Transit, City of Phoenix, Fresno Area Express, City of Lodi, and Translink are placing new CNG buses into service this year. LA Metro also recently finished upgrading 125 of its buses with the near-zero emissions natural gas engines that reduce smog-producing pollutants by 90%, according to the agency.

Private transit contractor, Transdev has signed an agreement with Clean Energy to build a private fueling station in Los Angeles for dispensing existing contracted volumes of an estimated 2.8 million gallons of Redeem

Omnitrans has selected Clean Energy to provide operations and maintenance services for its two CNG stations, which dispense a combined annual 3.5 million gallons. Clean Energy will be the agency’s exclusive provider for up to five years.

 

Expanding capacity in solid waste

 

Clean Energy has signed a significant station upgrade agreement for long-time customer Alameda County Industries (ACI). The upgrade is expected to accommodate the addition of approximately 50 new refuse trucks that are scheduled to service ACI’s newly awarded municipal solid waste collection contracts with the cities of Castro Valley and San Ramon. ACI anticipates the fleet will consume 300 000 incremental gallons of Redeem annually. Clean Energy constructed the original station in 2014 and is scheduled to complete the upgrade by the end of 2019.

Burrtec Waste Industries (Burrtec) signed a 7-year operations and maintenance contract extension for its CNG fuel stations located in Fontana and Santa Clarita. The agreement also incorporates Burrtec’s CNG fuel station located in Azusa, which was previously not maintained by Clean Energy. The three stations support the fueling operations of over 130 natural gas refuse trucks and are expected to deliver over 9 million gallons throughout the life of the contract.

The City of Tacoma has signed a multi-million-dollar CNG equipment supply contract with Clean Energy to build a new private station. The station is scheduled to be completed in early 2020 and is designed to fuel 75 municipal refuse trucks. The City also extended Clean Energy’s maintenance contract for the existing station.

The City of Redlands awarded Clean Energy a 3-year RLNG supply contract for an estimated 1.8 million gallons of Redeem for its public access station. The station provides fuel to the city’s 40 truck refuse fleet, along with local refuse trucks and school buses. Clean Energy also received an extension on its existing maintenance contract.

The City of Sacramento has executed a 3-year retail fuel contract for an anticipated 700 000 gallons of Redeem for its growing fleet of 40 refuse trucks.

 

Service Industry

 

Puritan Bakers in Carson has deployed its first four natural gas delivery trucks, which supply bread goods to In-N-Out Burger and were purchased to meet Puritan’s environmental sustainability goals.

Read the article online at: https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/clean-fuels/07082019/clean-energy-fuels-signs-multiple-contracts-to-provide-rng/

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