Clean Energy Opens First Large-Scale California LNG Production Plant
November 24 2008 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq:CLNE) has started up its
California LNG Plant at Boron, California, the largest LNG
(liquefied natural gas) production plant in the Southwest and the
first large-scale plant in California. Built to produce up to
160,000 gallons per day of LNG, the plant is designed to expand
production to 240,000 gallons per day as demand increases. The
facility includes a 1.8-million-gallon LNG storage tank as an
important regional supply source and to provide reserves for
unanticipated demand. The plant is located in the Mojave Desert
approximately 125 miles from Los Angeles, California and the Ports
of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Over 500,000 gallons of LNG have
been produced during its start-up phase and initial deliveries have
been made to Clean Energy�s new LNG port truck fueling station in
Carson, California. The Clean Truck Program at the ports
anticipates replacing over 8,000 old diesel trucks with new trucks
that are proven to be cleaner than diesel, such as LNG trucks,
within five years. These trucks are anticipated to be a major
consumer of the LNG fuel produced at the California LNG Plant. �We
have built the new LNG production facility to respond to the
critical need in Southern California and the Southwest for cleaner,
more efficient fuel for port trucks and regional trucking,� said
Andrew J. Littlefair, president and CEO of Clean Energy. �Already,
new, cleaner LNG trucks are rolling at the ports and throughout
Southern California, lowering emissions pollution and providing
cheaper fuel from domestic sources for trucking fleets,� noted
Littlefair. �We also have begun construction on our second regional
LNG truck fueling station, which is scheduled for completion in
March 2009.� �Besides the Ports� Clean Truck Program vehicles, the
California LNG Plant will supply other transportation fuel
customers throughout California and Arizona,� Littlefair concluded.
Clean Energy (Nasdaq:CLNE) 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,
trucking, airport and municipal fleet markets, fueling more than
14,000 vehicles daily at over 170 strategic locations across the
United States and Canada. Please 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 statements about the replacement of diesel trucks with
LNG trucks as a result of the Clean Truck Program and the
consumption of LNG fuel by those LNG trucks. 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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