Renewable Natural Gas Now Available in New York City as Clean Energy Opens Fueling Station in The South Bronx
July 10 2019 - 6:00AM
Business Wire
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq: CLNE), the leading provider of
natural gas fuel for transportation in North America, welcomed city
officials, community leaders, and environmental advocates to the
opening of its newest natural gas fueling station in Hunts
Point—the first station in New York City to exclusively offer
renewable natural gas (RNG) for medium- and heavy-duty vehicle
fleets.
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Trucks fueling with Redeem(TM) renewable
natural gas, available at Clean Energy's Hunts Point station,
represent a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.
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“A few blocks from here is Hunts Point Market, the largest food
distribution center of its kind in the world, resulting in
approximately 15,000 truck trips per day,” said Chad Lindholm, vice
president of sales for Clean Energy. “This long-envisioned station
will serve fleets operating in Hunts Point with a lower-cost
alternative to diesel fuel that can lead to substantial reductions
in truck-related pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.”
The Hunts Point station will exclusively offer Clean Energy’s
Redeem™, the first commercially available RNG vehicle fuel derived
from capturing biogenic methane emitted from decomposing organic
materials at dairies, landfills, and wastewater treatment plants.
Redeem enables at least 70 percent reduction in carbon emissions
when displacing diesel or gasoline, according to California Air
Resources Board estimates.
Trucks fueling with Redeem represent a significant reduction in
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. For example, 100 trucks running on
RNG can lower GHG as much as 9,294 metric tons annually. This is
equivalent to planting 237,942 trees, removing 1,961 cars off the
road or recycling 3,331 tons of waste that would otherwise be sent
to the landfill.
“I applaud and congratulate Clean Energy today on making a
renewable natural gas fueling station a reality for Hunts Point
trucking fleets in the South Bronx. Natural Gas trucks,
particularly ones fueled by renewable natural gas, have a
tremendously low carbon footprint, which is important for
communities disproportionately affected by diesel emissions,” said
NYC DOT Bronx Borough Commissioner Nivardo Lopez. “The addition of
this station now makes possible and plausible the transition of
large portions of Hunts Point fleet industries to this cleaner,
domestically produced fuel.”
"This new Hunts Point station is no ordinary fueling station. It
is the first in the City to supply only the renewable form of
natural gas made from waste,” said Joanna Underwood, founder,
Energy Vision. “Private and public fleets that fill up here can
provide their critical services with virtually no
health-threatening air pollution or greenhouse gases. Bravo to
Clean Energy for helping our City achieve its clean air and climate
goals."
Already preparing to fuel at the station are local fleets that
operate natural gas-powered trucks including Baldor Specialty
Foods, Manhattan Beer Distributors, and U.S. Concrete, which were
on display at the grand opening.
“The new natural gas fueling station opening in Hunts Point is a
great steppingstone to help move the trucking industry into the
next generation of fueling options for our fleets,” said Baldor
Express Transportation Manager Thomas Galm. “The availability of
CNG in our area opens the opportunity for more fleets to add
CNG-powered vehicles to their fleets where these options previously
did not exist. We expect increased savings to our fuel budget as
well as a greatly diminished carbon footprint for the
environment.”
“Now that the Clean Energy station is in service in Hunts Point,
we can continue increasing our CNG fleet,” said Juan Corcino,
director of fleet operations, Manhattan Beer Distributors. “The
station provides the support we need to confidently upgrade our
fleet to 100% CNG.”
“This station is important to New York City’s Hunts Point Clean
Truck Program, which long has been seeking ways to lower
transportation-related pollution that contributes to unhealthful
air in The South Bronx,” said Lindholm. “We’re pleased to fulfill
the demand for clean, renewable natural gas within this major
transportation hub in New York City.”
In addition to Hunts Point, Clean Energy operates four natural
gas stations in New York City, consisting of stations at LaGuardia
and JFK Airports, and two stations in Brooklyn.
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 the benefits of RNG and 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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