Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (NASDAQ: CLNE) announced a slew of new
deals in response to the demand for renewable natural gas (RNG), a
fuel produced from organic waste, as more fleets adopt and expand
their use of the low-carbon transportation fuel. RNG represents
more than 74 percent of the 26 million gallons of fuel Clean Energy
expects to provide through these recent signed agreements. Clean
Energy has a stated goal of providing 100 percent zero-carbon
renewable fuel at its stations by 2025.
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RoadEX, a large California drayage
company, is adding 16 new natural gas trucks to their fleet through
the Chevron and Clean Energy partnership Adopt-A-Port program.
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“Fleets that are looking to lower their emissions are switching
to RNG because it can provide immediate and significant carbon
reductions,” said Chad Lindholm, vice president, Clean Energy.
“They’re finding that RNG is the easiest and most cost-effective
way to meet sustainability goals.”
Clean Energy signed a multi-year agreement with the City of
Pasadena for an anticipated 1.5 million gallons of RNG to fuel 53
vehicles, including solid waste, transit buses, dump trucks and
street sweepers.
Big Blue Bus, the transit agency that services one of the most
environmentally conscious cities in the county, Santa Monica, CA,
has extended its RNG fueling contract with Clean Energy for five
additional years for an anticipated 10 million gallons of RNG to
fill its 189-bus fleet.
“Our adoption of RNG has helped cut emissions by more than 70%
over the last 5 years, and aligns with our goal of transitioning to
a clean energy fleet by 2030, as well as the City of Santa Monica’s
plans for carbon neutrality by 2050,” said Ed King, director, Santa
Monica Department of Transportation.
Gold Coast Transit, which serves Ventura County, CA has signed a
multi-year fuel supply agreement with Clean Energy for an expected
4.2 million gallons of RNG to fuel 56 buses and 25 paratransit
buses and vans.
Clean Energy has entered into a long-term agreement with Cedar
Bus Company, of Buffalo, NY, to provide an estimated two million
gallons of fuel to power 60 shuttle buses that provide paratransit
and university transportation.
The City of Sacramento, County of Sacramento, and the City of
Redlands have all extended their RNG supply agreements with Clean
Energy for an anticipated 1.5 million gallons to fuel refuse trucks
and other vehicles.
KALM Energy, based in Lincoln, NE, has contracted with Clean
Energy to take over operations of its three CNG stations that fuel
transit buses, refuse trucks, heavy-duty trucks and passenger
vehicles with annual gallons estimated at 1 million gallons. The
first site fuels the Omaha Metro Transit Agency, and two public
access stations, located in Lincoln and Council Bluffs, IA, fuel
natural gas fleets in the region.
Clean Energy has been contracted by the City of Fort Smith, AR,
to build a $1.8 million station for the city’s sanitation
department to fuel refuse trucks and provide maintenance services
at the site. Clean Energy has also signed an agreement to provide
$380,000 in facility modifications for the City’s sanitation
maintenance facility.
“One of our goals is to improve air quality in the city and
increase CNG use where deemed appropriate. The city’s transit
department built its CNG fueling station in 2019. It’s time for
solid waste to make the conversion,” says Kyle Foreman, director of
solid waste services, Fort Smith.
The Olathe School District in Kansas has contracted with their
transportation provider DS Bus Line to run 30 CNG school buses in
place of 30 diesel buses for an estimated 75,000 gallons of CNG per
year. DS Bus Line, the transportation operator for Olathe Schools,
utilized a grant to purchase CNG school buses. The buses will be
deployed and operable for the upcoming school year.
Clean Energy is facilitating station expansions for national
solid waste company Republic Services in two additional California
locations, allowing it to double the number of RNG-fueled trucks in
Sun Valley and accommodating an additional 34 refuse trucks in
Pacheco. Clean Energy currently provides RNG for Republic Services
trucks in 22 states.
Adopt-A-Port
RoadEX, a large California drayage company, is adding 16 new
natural gas trucks to their fleet through the Chevron and Clean
Energy partnership Adopt-A-Port program. In migrating from diesel
fuel to RNG, RoadEx has committed to an approximate 960,000 gallons
of RNG over the contract term.
“RoadEx puts the environment first and are excited about adding
the new near-zero emission CNG trucks to our fleet,” says Eric
Hooper, driver and terminal relations manager, RoadEx. “Thanks to
the hard work of people at the SCAQMD, Velocity Truck Centers, and
Clean Energy. Our partnership with these companies and government
agencies to help protect the air quality in Southern California has
been and will continue to be an important part of our effort to
help reduce pollution in the state of California.”
In recent detailed nine-page letter sent to Environmental
Justice groups, Wayne Nastri, Executive Officer of the South Coast
Air Quality Management District in Southern California, emphasized
the important role RNG heavy-duty trucks can play in improving the
air quality around the Ports. In the letter Mr. Nastri states,
“Near-zero emission (NZE) technology has been commercially
demonstrated and is available today, has sufficient fueling
infrastructure that is largely funded by the private sector, and is
at least 90% cleaner than new diesel trucks on NOx and 100% cleaner
on cancer-causing diesel particulate matter. When fueled by
renewable natural gas, these vehicles can also provide substantial
greenhouse gas emission reductions. Further, these vehicles are far
more cost-effective than ZE trucks (electric trucks), allowing
limited incentive funds to stretch further.”
In addition to RoadEx, companies that added natural gas trucks
through Adopt-A-Port in the second quarter of 2021 include Total
Distribution Service, Inc., Supra National Express, JL Xpress,
Inc., Pac9 Transportation, Atlas Marine, Kargo Transportation,
Henean Trucking, Inc., France C. Alegre Trucking and NGL Logistics
for an anticipated combined total of 1.3 million gallons of
RNG.
TouchPoint
More than 50 PacLease technicians recently completed TouchPoint
training on behalf of Amazon. Clean Energy’s TouchPoint training is
becoming an essential customer care resource for companies adopting
natural gas vehicles, including Saia LTL Freight, Kehe, TTSI,
American Pacific Forwarders, Pac Anchor, STS Logistics, Pacifica,
Golden State Peterbilt, and Pacific Green. Clean Energy partners
with the Natural Gas Vehicle Institute (NGVi) to ensure that fleet
managers, supervisors and technicians receive optimal training and
support for a successful natural gas vehicle (NGV) launch.
About Clean Energy
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. is the country’s largest provider of
the cleanest fuel for the transportation market. Our mission is to
decarbonize transportation through the development and delivery of
renewable natural gas (RNG), a sustainable fuel derived from
organic waste. Clean Energy allows thousands of vehicles, from
airport shuttles to city buses to waste and heavy-duty trucks, to
reduce their amount of climate-harming greenhouse gas. We operate a
vast network of fueling stations across the U.S. and Canada. Visit
www.cleanenergyfuels.com and follow @CE_NatGas on Twitter.
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 amounts of RNG and CNG expected to be consumed,
numbers of vehicles expected to be deployed, and the benefits of
RNG and CNG. Actual results and the timing of events could differ
materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking
statements. The forward-looking statements made herein speak only
as of the date of this press release and, unless otherwise required
by law, Clean Energy undertakes no obligation to publicly update
such forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or
circumstances. Additionally, the reports and other documents Clean
Energy 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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