Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq: CLNE) announced that
Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) has switched from diesel
to Clean Energy’s compressed natural gas (CNG) as part of a
sustainability initiative to reduce toxic emissions, decrease noise
volume, and lower fuel costs.
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First Transit shuttle bus refuels with
natural gas at Clean Energy station at PHL Airport. (Photo:
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First Transit, the largest private-sector provider of mobility
solutions in North America and provider of shuttle bus services at
PHL, signed a 7-year contract with Clean Energy for an expected
volume of 2.5 million GGEs to power its 38 natural gas transit
buses. The shuttle fleet accommodates three main routes at
PHL—employee, cargo, and long-term economy parking—that traverse a
total 3.5 million trips per year.
“Airport transit vehicles operate in confined areas, primarily
parking lots, so carbon emissions and noise pollution have a
greater impact on the passenger experience,” said Raymond Blethen,
Northeast director of operations, First Transit. “The airport was
seeking to adopt alternative fuels and environmentally-friendly
vehicles, so it converted 100 percent of its fleet to natural gas.
The CNG-fueled shuttle buses run 90 percent quieter than diesel,
lower CO2 emissions by 20 percent, and have no fumes.”
“With CNG our fuel costs are more stable than diesel, the
maintenance is a lot cleaner, and it improves the reliability of
vehicles in the winter,” said Blethen. “From a safety standpoint
there is no spillage, so unlike diesel we never have to shut
down.”
Waste Vehicles to Run on Redeem™
Clean Energy executed a supply agreement with Valley Vista
Services to power 100 waste vehicles with its Redeem brand
renewable natural gas (RNG) for an anticipated total of 1.3 million
GGEs of Redeem annually.
Redeem is the first commercially available RNG vehicle fuel. It
is derived from capturing biogenic methane that is naturally
generated by the decomposition of organic landfill and agricultural
waste. Redeem enables at least 70 percent reduction in carbon
emissions when displacing diesel or gasoline, according to
California Air Resources Board (CARB) estimates.
Valley Vista Services will offer Redeem at two facilities, a
private/public CNG station at its headquarters located in City of
Industry, Calif. that will dispense an anticipated 1 million
GGEs of Redeem annually. Valley Vista also built a state-of-the-art
transfer station earlier this year in Pomona, Calif. that has
a new public access fast fill CNG station and will dispense an
anticipated 300,000 GGEs of Redeem annually. Both contracts are for
three years.
Clean Energy commissioned a newly constructed private liquified
natural gas (LNG) fueling station for Burrtec Waste Industries. The
station build project, located at Burrtec’s San Bernardino
facility, was completed by Clean Energy within 10 months and will
fuel upwards of 50 LNG refuse trucks. Prior to the commissioning of
the site, Burrtec signed a three-year repair and maintenance
(R&M) agreement with Clean Energy. The station is expected
to consume 600,000 LNG gallons annually.
Other refuse contracts include the City of Ontario, which signed
a one-year R&M and RNG renewal and extended its option for an
expected 600,000 GGEs annually. The City of Sacramento opted for a
one-year R&M renewal and extended its option for an expected
450,000 GGEs annually.
Growing Demand for Near-Zero Trucks
South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) staff is
recommending a total of 148 port trucks receive incentive funding
under the Year 20 Carl Moyer Program. The Carl Moyer Program
focuses on improving air quality by replacing older heavy-duty
diesel trucks with cleaner fuel technologies, including near-zero
engines powered by Clean Energy’s Redeem. The Year 20 Carl Moyer
grant program is oversubscribed and SCAQMD has a backup funding
list of additional projects awaiting funding.
The SCAQMD Board will consider approval of staff recommendations
at an upcoming board meeting.
SQAQMD staff is also recommending that 10 port trucks receive
funding under the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2017
Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) program, which provides
support for projects that protect human health and improve air
quality by reducing harmful emissions from diesel engines.
“It’s encouraging to see a strong demand for near-zero trucks in
the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach,” said Greg Roche, vice
president, Clean Energy. “These grant programs will go a long way
to reduce air pollution in this busy transportation corridor by
deploying the cleanest truck technology that can be easily and
economically adopted today.”
Mountain Valley Express, the less than truckload (LTL) and
general freight company with locations in California, Nevada and
Arizona is expanding its LNG fleet as part of an initiative to
reduce emissions. With support from Prop 1B grants, the freight
company is adding eight Freightliner M2 tractors equipped with the
Near-Zero ISL-G engines, which will consume an expected 60,000 GGEs
annually at Clean Energy public stations in Northern California,
including West Sacramento, Lathrop and Tulare.
About Clean Energy
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. is the leading provider of natural gas
fuel and renewable natural gas (RNG) fuel for transportation in the
United States and Canada, with a network of approximately 530
stations across North America that we own or operate. We build and
operate compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied natural gas
stations (LNG) stations and deliver more CNG, LNG and RNG vehicle
fuel than any other company in the United States. Clean Energy
sells Redeem™ RNG fuel and believes it is the cleanest
transportation fuel commercially available, reducing greenhouse gas
emissions by at least 70%. Clean Energy owns natural gas
liquification facilities in California and Texas which produces LNG
for the transportation and other markets. For more information,
visit www.CleanEnergyFuels.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section
21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that involve risks,
uncertainties and assumptions, including without limitation
statements about amounts of natural gas fuel expected to be
consumed and the benefits of natural gas relative to gasoline and
diesel. Actual results and the timing of events could differ
materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking
statements as a result of several factors, including, without
limitation, the price of natural gas relative to gasoline and
diesel, and the cost and operating experience associated with
natural gas vehicles. The forward-looking statements made herein
speak only as of the date of this press release and, unless
otherwise required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to
publicly update such forward-looking statements to reflect
subsequent events or circumstances. Additionally, the reports and
other documents the Company files with the SEC (available
at www.sec.gov) contain risk factors, which may cause actual
results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements
contained in this news release.
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