NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 25, 2018--
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq: CLNE) announced that Philadelphia
International Airport (PHL) has switched from diesel to Clean Energy’s compressed
natural gas (CNG) as part of a sustainability initiative to reduce
toxic emissions, decrease noise volume, and lower fuel costs.
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First Transit shuttle bus refuels with natural gas at Clean Energy station at PHL Airport. (Photo: Business Wire)
First Transit, the largest private-sector provider of mobility solutions
in North America and provider of shuttle
bus services at PHL, signed a 7-year contract with Clean Energy for
an expected volume of 2.5 million GGEs to power its 38 natural gas
transit buses. The shuttle fleet accommodates three main routes at
PHL—employee, cargo, and long-term economy parking—that traverse a total
3.5 million trips per year.
“Airport
transit vehicles operate in confined areas, primarily parking lots,
so carbon emissions and noise pollution have a greater impact on the
passenger experience,” said Raymond Blethen, Northeast director of
operations, First Transit. “The airport was seeking to adopt alternative
fuels and environmentally-friendly vehicles, so it converted 100 percent
of its fleet to natural gas. The CNG-fueled shuttle buses run 90 percent
quieter than diesel, lower
CO2 emissions by 20 percent, and have no fumes.”
“With CNG our fuel costs are more stable than diesel, the maintenance is
a lot cleaner, and it improves the reliability of vehicles in the
winter,” said Blethen. “From a safety standpoint there is no spillage,
so unlike diesel we never have to shut down.”
Waste Vehicles to Run on Redeem™
Clean Energy executed a supply agreement with Valley Vista Services to
power 100 waste
vehicles with its Redeem
brand renewable natural gas (RNG) for an anticipated total of 1.3
million GGEs of Redeem annually.
Redeem is the first commercially available RNG vehicle fuel. It is
derived from capturing
biogenic methane that is naturally generated by the decomposition of
organic landfill and agricultural waste. Redeem enables at least 70
percent reduction in carbon emissions when displacing diesel or
gasoline, according to California Air Resources Board (CARB) estimates.
Valley Vista Services will offer Redeem at two facilities, a
private/public CNG
station at its headquarters located in City of Industry, Calif. that
will dispense an anticipated 1 million GGEs of Redeem annually. Valley
Vista also built a state-of-the-art transfer station earlier this year
in Pomona, Calif. that has a new public access fast fill CNG station and
will dispense an anticipated 300,000 GGEs of Redeem annually. Both
contracts are for three years.
Clean Energy commissioned a newly constructed private liquified
natural gas (LNG) fueling station for Burrtec
Waste Industries. The station build project, located at Burrtec’s
San Bernardino facility, was completed by Clean Energy within 10 months
and will fuel upwards of 50 LNG refuse trucks. Prior to the
commissioning of the site, Burrtec signed a three-year repair and
maintenance (R&M) agreement with Clean Energy. The station is expected
to consume 600,000 LNG gallons annually.
Other refuse contracts includethe City
of Ontario, which signed a one-year R&M and RNG renewal and extended
its option for an expected 600,000 GGEs annually. The City
of Sacramento opted for a one-year R&M renewal and extended its
option for an expected 450,000 GGEs annually.
Growing Demand for Near-Zero Trucks
South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) staff is
recommending a total of 148 port trucks receive incentive funding under
the Year 20 Carl
Moyer Program. The Carl Moyer Program focuses on improving air
quality by replacing older heavy-duty diesel trucks with cleaner fuel
technologies, including near-zero
engines powered by Clean Energy’s Redeem. The Year 20 Carl Moyer
grant program is oversubscribed and SCAQMD has a backup funding list of
additional projects awaiting funding.
The SCAQMD Board will consider approval of staff recommendations at an
upcoming board meeting.
SQAQMD staff is also recommending that 10 port trucks receive funding
under the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2017 Diesel Emissions
Reduction Act (DERA) program, which provides support for projects that
protect human health and improve air quality by reducing harmful
emissions from diesel engines.
“It’s encouraging to see a strong demand for near-zero trucks in the
Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach,” said Greg Roche, vice president,
Clean Energy. “These grant
programs will go a long way to reduce air pollution in this busy
transportation corridor by deploying the cleanest truck technology that
can be easily and economically adopted today.”
Mountain
Valley Express, the less than truckload (LTL) and general freight
company with locations in California, Nevada and Arizona is expanding
its LNG fleet as part of an initiative to reduce emissions. With support
from Prop
1B grants, the freight company is adding eight Freightliner M2
tractors equipped with the Near-Zero ISL-G engines, which will consume
an expected 60,000 GGEs annually at Clean Energy public stations in
Northern California, including West Sacramento, Lathrop and Tulare.
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 amounts of
natural gas fuel expected to be consumed and the benefits of 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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