PHOENIX, Aug. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Expanding the
availability of renewable natural gas, leading solid waste operator
Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG) announced today an agreement to
recover landfill gas from its North Shelby Landfill in Millington, Tennessee for multiple uses
including as a vehicle fuel for its growing natural gas-powered
fleet.
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The agreement with Clean Energy Renewable Fuels (CERF), a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq: CLNE),
is the second of its kind between the two industry leaders, with
the first, at Republic's Sauk Trails Landfill in Canton, Michigan, which is expected to come
online in September 2012.
Clean Energy Renewable Fuels will build the high-BTU plant to
process landfill gas, a natural byproduct of decomposition, and
inject it into the US natural gas network. The gas may be
compressed and distributed for a variety of different uses,
including vehicle fuel and as renewable power or other industrial
use customers.
During the first year of operation, the plant is anticipated to
produce approximately 4 million diesel gallon equivalents of
renewable natural gas fuel annually. If the landfill gas is used to
fuel trucks, it could fuel about 260 trucks for a year. Production
is expected to steadily increase to more than 5.7 million diesel
gallon equivalents annually during the first 10 years of
operations. Production is expected to begin in late 2013.
"This relationship allows us to make the highest and best use of
the energy potential in our landfills," said Brian Bales, executive vice president of
business development for Republic Services.
"We are delighted to again partner with Republic for production
of sustainable renewable natural gas. This project will help Clean
Energy achieve its goal of supplying renewable natural gas fuel to
an increasing number of natural gas vehicles operating across
America," said Andrew J. Littlefair,
Clean Energy president and CEO.
Used for vehicle fuel, environmentally friendly renewable
natural gas derived from landfill biogas generates up to 88 percent
fewer greenhouse gas emissions than diesel fuel or gasoline.
Republic Services, Inc.
Republic Services, Inc. is an industry leader in the U.S.
non-hazardous solid waste industry. Through its subsidiaries,
Republic's collection companies, transfer stations, recycling
centers and landfills focus on providing reliable environmental
services and solutions for commercial, industrial, municipal and
residential customers. Republic and its employees believe in
protecting the planet and applying common sense solutions to
customers' waste and recycling challenges. For more information,
visit the Republic website at republicservices.com.
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 25,680 vehicles
at 298 strategic locations across the U.S. and Canada, with a broad customer base in the
refuse, transit, trucking, shuttle, taxi, airport and municipal
fleet 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 statements about the commencement of
commercial operations of the renewable natural gas plant, the
amount of renewable natural gas that will be produced by the plant
and the potential use of the renewable natural gas as a vehicle
fuel, for direct use or for power generation. 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 construction and permitting delays, difficulties in
meeting and maintaining compliance with local pipeline
specifications for pipeline injection, lack of performance or
unanticipated mechanical or operational issues of the renewable
natural gas plant or lack of availability of suitable landfill gas
from the landfill for processing to pipeline quality due to well
field management or other gas collection issues. 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.
SOURCE Republic Services, Inc.