Government, Ports and Air Quality Leaders Open First Natural Gas Truck Fuel Station to Support Los Angeles and Long Beach Ports'
December 11 2007 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq:CLNE), North America�s leader in
clean transportation, hosted opening ceremonies today at a major
new liquefied natural gas (LNG) truck fueling station designed
specifically to support the goals of the San Pedro Bay Ports�
historic Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP). The new station is the first
of three that Clean Energy plans to build in the near future to
serve new port drayage trucks powered by clean-burning LNG fuel.
�Just one year after the announcement of the joint Ports� Clean Air
Action Plan, we are here today to mark the opening of this new
ultra modern LNG truck fuel station. Natural gas is one of the best
ways to reduce air pollution because it burns far cleaner than
diesel fuel, reducing harmful tailpipe emissions significantly,�
said Andrew Littlefair, Clean Energy�s President and CEO. The CAAP
anticipates the replacement of more than 16,000 old diesel trucks
with several thousand new LNG trucks, as well as new or converted
diesel trucks that meet specifications for reduced particulate
matter and nitrogen oxide emissions, in order to meet harbor
drayage requirements. This movement to cleaner LNG trucks,
featuring the Westport Innovations LNG fuel system, will result in
significantly decreased harmful greenhouse gas (CO2), NOx and
particulate emissions. The CAAP seeks to reduce overall harmful
diesel fuel emissions from port sources by nearly 50 percent in
five years. �We applaud the Los Angeles and Long Beach Mayors and
Harbor Commissions, the South Coast Air Quality Management
District, and private industry for merging efforts to quickly
address and mitigate the greenhouse gas and toxic air contaminants
that are emitted daily by the thousands of diesel-powered trucks
that serve the San Pedro Bay Ports,� Clean Energy�s Littlefair
added. Special guest speakers at the Dec. 11 event included: Boone
Pickens, energy industry leader and Clean Energy founder; City of
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa; City of Long Beach Mayor
Bob Foster; David Freeman, Los Angeles Harbor Commission President;
Mario Cordero, Long Beach Harbor Commission President; Brian
Griley, Southern Counties Express CEO; Alan Lowenthal, California
State Senator, 27th District; Matt Haber, Deputy Director, Air
Division, EPA-West; Chung Liu, Chief Scientist and Deputy Executive
Officer for Science & Technology Advancement, SCAQMD; and
Michael Gallagher, President and COO, Westport Innovations. The new
station is located adjacent to Southern Counties Express (SCE), a
Port trucking firm. SCE expects to put 71 new LNG-fueled trucks on
the road in the next two months, with the first group set for
deployment by mid-December. The trucks were purchased in part with
financial aid from the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and the
South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD). Nine other
Port trucking firms have also committed to the new LNG trucks in
the initial deployment for a total of 158 clean LNG trucks. To help
meet expanding Ports and other heavy-duty vehicle requirements,
Clean Energy is currently building California�s first large-scale
LNG production plant in the Mojave Desert, approximately 75 miles
northeast of Los Angeles. At the new plant, Clean Energy will
liquefy pipeline gas for shipment to customers by tanker trailers.
Initial production capacity is anticipated to be 160,000 LNG
gallons per day, with a potential for expansion, as needed, up to
240,000 gallons per day. About Clean Energy Clean Energy, based in
Seal Beach, CA, is the leading provider of natural gas (CNG and
LNG) for transportation in North America. It has a broad customer
base in the refuse, transit, ports, shuttle, taxi, intrastate and
interstate trucking, airport and municipal fleet markets, fueling
more than 15,000 vehicles daily at over 175 strategic locations
across the United States and Canada. Information at:
www.cleanenergyfuels.com. Safe Harbor Statement This press 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. Actual results and the timing of events could differ
materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking
statements, including the financial impact of unanticipated delays
in LNG truck deployment, higher than anticipated station
construction costs and delays in demand for LNG as a vehicle fuel.
The forward-looking statements made herein speak only as of the
date of this press release and the company undertakes no obligation
to publicly update such forward-looking statements to reflect
subsequent events or circumstances.
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