Clean Energy Wins Major Transit Deal; Shows Continued Growth with New and Existing Customers
The procurement includes rebuilding a large compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station, as well as additional garage modifications and the repair and maintenance of facilities through 2020. NJ Transit is expected to operate a fleet of 147 CNG commuter buses estimated to consume approximately 2 million gasoline gallon equivalents (GGEs) each year.
Clean Energy also signed other agreements across the transit, refuse and trucking markets, including the construction of new stations and extended maintenance and fueling contracts.
Transit
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SP+, a provider of professional parking management, has signed a
5-year fueling agreement with Clean Energy to fuel 16 CNG buses for a
new Consolidated Rent-A-Car facility located at the
San Diego International Airport . The buses, owned by theSan Diego Airport Authority , are anticipated to consume approximately 27,000 GGEs per month and will fuel with Redeem™, Clean Energy's renewable natural gas (RNG) derived from biomethane. -
On
Feb. 10, 2016 , theLos Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro) opened its Division 13 facility, a$6 million private CNG fueling station built by Clean Energy. The new facility, which will be maintained by Clean Energy for the next 10 years, will fuel approximately 175 buses, which are expected to consume a total of 2 million GGEs of CNG annually. -
Clean Energy extended its maintenance contract with
Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District (Santa Cruz Metro ) for an additional 5 years. The maintenance services support a station that fuels Santa Cruz Metro's 100 CNG buses used throughout the county. -
Clean Energy customer MV Transportation was awarded a CNG bus contract
with
Los Angeles World Airports . The 14 CNG buses will fuel exclusively at Clean Energy stations. -
The
City of Long Beach recently announced the purchase of over 100 additional light- and medium-duty CNG vehicles that will fuel at two Clean Energy stations in the city.
Trucking
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Long-time customer, Dillon
Transportation, has signed a new agreement with Clean Energy to
fuel its heavy duty trucks in
Texas with Redeem™. Dillon currently operates 72 CNG and liquefied natural gas (LNG) trucks out ofDallas ,San Antonio ,Midland andHouston which now fuel with Redeem to meet its customers' sustainability goals. In 2015, Dillon's fleet consumed 1.1 million GGEs of natural gas inTexas . -
Raven Transport will deploy an additional 10 new LNG tractors out of Clean Energy'sFort Worth, Texas , station starting in early March, which are expected to consume approximately 220,000 GGEs annually. The fueling contract runs through 2020. -
Blackrock Logistics, based out of
Pleasanton, Calif. , and new customer, has deployed 10 CNG trucks for its fleet and will be fueling at Clean Energy'sFontana, Calif. , station. The 3-year fueling agreement represents approximately 110,000 GGEs of CNG each year.
Refuse
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Clean Energy will design, build, lease and operate a new station in
Orange County, Fla. , forFCC , a multi-national construction firm that was awarded a refuse collection contract with the county.FCC has deployed 46 CNG trucks for that contract and will be fueling at Clean Energy'sOrlando International Airport station until the new station is completed.FCC is anticipated to consume close to 410,000 GGEs per year. -
Clean Energy has signed a contract to design and build two stations
for
Recology Inc. , one of the largest private refuse fleets in the country. InBrisbane, Calif. , Clean Energy will design and build a time-fill and fast-fill station to support Recology's current fleet of 64 CNG trucks, and be able to support their growth to 200 trucks in the future. At Recology'sGilroy, Calif. station, Clean Energy will design and build a time-fill station to support 50 CNG trucks. -
Harrison Brothers Enterprises has signed a station design and build contract with Clean Energy to support their fleet of 13 CNG refuse trucks. The station will include 24 fueling hoses and have the capacity to fuel over 100 trucks, supporting the refuse haulers plans to expand their use of CNG as their fueling solution of choice.
Natural gas fuel costs less than gasoline or diesel, depending on local
market conditions. The use of natural gas fuel also reduces greenhouse
gas emissions up to 21 percent. In addition, nearly all natural gas
consumed in
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