Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq:CLNE) today announced that it
has begun providing natural gas fuel to additional trucking fleets
which transport products for some of the country’s largest and most
well-known brands, accelerating the trucking industry’s conversion
to natural gas fuel.
Five firms — Saddle Creek Logistics Services, Lakeland, FL;
Premier Transportation, Atlanta, GA; Hoopes Turf Farm, Transport
Division, Ulysses, PA; Lily Transportation Corp., Needham, MA; and
Lancaster Foods, Jessup, MD — will use compressed natural gas (CNG)
at existing Clean Energy public access stations, new stations built
for the companies, and liquefied natural gas (LNG) at Clean Energy
stations along its America’s Natural Gas Highway™.
“These companies are geographically diverse, but the common
theme we hear from all of them is a desire to reduce their fuel
costs and to deploy cleaner operating fleets,” said James Harger,
Clean Energy’s Chief Marketing Officer. “With the availability of a
new class of heavy-duty natural gas trucks as well as more fueling
stations, regional and national trucking operators are seeing the
enormous benefits of converting to natural gas as their
transportation fuel.”
Saddle Creek Logistics Services
Saddle Creek, a nationwide third-party logistics company, has
expanded its contract with Clean Energy to build additional private
natural gas fueling stations to support Saddle Creek’s expanding
fleet of for-hire CNG trucks. Fueling at its new CNG station at the
company’s Lakeland headquarters, a fleet of 40 Freightliner natural
gas trucks is now serving Saddle Creek’s Florida customers. With
its CNG fleet size projected to grow to 120 trucks, this will be
the largest over-the-road CNG truck fleet in the state.
“Sustainability is a core strategy at Saddle Creek. We have
opted to transition our truck fleets to natural gas power to help
our customers secure the benefits of this clean, cost-efficient,
abundant domestic fuel,” said Mike DelBovo, Saddle Creek’s
President.
Premier Transportation
Premier provides transportation and logistics solutions to the
retail department store and consumer products industries. Supported
by a national CNG fueling contract with Clean Energy, Premier has
deployed a new fleet of CNG-powered heavy-duty Freightliner trucks
to serve its customers in the Greater Atlanta area. Expanding to
major U.S. metropolitan areas over time, Premier CNG trucks will
fuel at Clean Energy’s national network of public access CNG
stations.
Premier Chairman and CEO, Mike Medici, said, “Our transition to
natural gas fuel for our truck fleets gives us a hedge against
rising fuel costs, and the chance to offer a clean, domestic,
abundant fuel source to support the sustainability objectives of
our retail industry customers.”
Hoopes Turf Farm
Hoopes is a family-owned sod production and contract truck
transportation company that offers solutions for construction and
energy development sites, industrial hauling, materials delivery,
commercial transportation needs, large equipment pick-up and
delivery, and private residential requirements. With 10 LNG trucks
in service now, the company plans to transition its entire fleet of
50 trucks to LNG power.
The Hoopes LNG fleet will increasingly rely on Clean Energy’s
network of public access LNG fueling stations — America’s
Natural Gas Highway™ — which will connect major trucking
corridors across the country. A total of 150 new Clean Energy LNG
fueling stations at strategic locations in 33 states are planned
for completion by the end of 2013.
Lily Transportation Corp.
As a Dedicated Contract Carrier providing value added
transportation to the grocery, retail and industrial sectors, Lily
is committed to using the latest in proven technologies and
engineering to support its customers’ cost and environmental needs.
Slotted mud-flaps, limited top speeds, minimized idle time and
aerodynamic device-equipped tractor trailers and trucks are just
some of the tools the company employs on its fleets. Lily has
recently deployed a new fleet of CNG-powered trucks to serve one of
its supply chain customers in the Los Angeles area. The fleet will
fuel at Clean Energy’s extensive local network of public access CNG
stations.
John Simourian II, President and CEO, states, “Lily is committed
to continuously reducing fuel usage and fuel cost for our
customers. In addition, we continually seek to have a positive
impact on the communities that we travel through, and our growing
use of clean, green, American natural gas fuel for our trucks will
help us achieve that objective. We believe that natural gas will
become the preferred fuel for transporters, and better yet, it’s
good for American jobs, American energy independence, and therefore
America.”
Lancaster Foods
A subsidiary of Guest Services, Inc., Lancaster Foods is the
largest wholesale produce company in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region.
The company — focused on replenishing high-volume wholesalers and
responding to fill-in demand — has begun its transition to natural
gas power with a new fleet of CNG temperature-sensitive
refrigerated trucks. The Clean Energy CNG public access station at
Baltimore/Washington, DC International Airport will provide fueling
service to the Lancaster trucks.
Doug Verner, Vice President of Corporate Sustainability, noted
"These vehicles will make a major contribution to our company-wide
efforts to reduce carbon emissions. We are looking forward to
expanding our CNG-powered fleet in the future."
Priced up to $1.50 or more per gallon less than diesel fuel
(based on current market conditions) the use of natural gas fuel
reduces costs significantly for vehicle and fleet owners, and
lowers greenhouse gas emissions up to 23% in medium to heavy-duty
vehicles. Additionally, natural gas is a secure North American
energy source, with 98% of the natural gas consumed produced in the
U.S. and Canada.
Clean Energy (Nasdaq: CLNE) is the largest provider of
natural gas fuel for transportation in North America and a global
leader in the expanding natural gas vehicle fueling market. We have
operations in compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied natural
gas (LNG) vehicle fueling; construction and operation of natural
gas fueling stations; compressor equipment and technology;
biomethane production; and vehicle conversions. We fuel over 530
fleet customers and 25,000 vehicles at more than 273 strategic
locations across the country, with a broad customer base in the
refuse, transit, trucking, shuttle, taxi, airport and municipal
fleet markets.
We are building America’s Natural Gas Highway™, a network
comprised initially of 150 planned LNG truck fueling stations
connecting major freight trucking corridors across the country.
IMW Industries, Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary, is a
global supplier of compressed natural gas equipment for vehicle
fueling and industrial applications with more than 1,400
installations in 26 countries. NorthStar, a wholly owned
subsidiary, is the recognized leader in LNG/LCNG (liquefied to
compressed natural gas) fueling system technologies and equipment,
station construction and operations. It has built approximately 70%
of the LNG fueling stations in the United States. BAF
Technologies, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary, is a leading
provider of natural gas vehicle systems and conversions for taxis,
vans, pick-up trucks and shuttle buses. It has converted more than
15,000 vehicles. Clean Energy Renewable Fuels (CERF), a
wholly owned subsidiary, is developing renewable natural gas (RNG),
or biomethane, production facilities in the United States. CERF
owns (70%) and operates a landfill gas facility in Dallas, Texas
that produces RNG for delivery in the nation’s gas pipeline network
for power generation and transportation fuel. CERF is building a
second facility in Canton, Michigan. We own and operate LNG
production plants in Willis, Texas and Boron, California with
combined capacity of 260,000 LNG gallons per day, and that are
designed to expand to 340,000 LNG gallons per day as demand
increases. 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 statements about the deployment of natural gas vehicles,
the number and location of stations to be included in America’s
Natural Gas Highway, the timing for the completion of construction
of these stations, the benefits of natural gas relative to diesel
fuel, and expectations about the future adoption of natural gas as
a vehicle fuel. 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, but not
limited to, the performance, availability and benefits of natural
gas trucks relative to gasoline and diesel trucks, permitting or
other delays encountered during the identification of locations
for, and the construction of, natural gas fueling stations,
including those stations planned for America’s Natural Gas Highway,
and the price per gallon of natural gas fuel relative to diesel and
gasoline. 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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