Clean Energy Signs Multiple Fueling Construction Agreements in HD Trucking, Transit and Refuse
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (NASDAQ: CLNE) has announced fueling and station construction agreements to support fleets in the heavy-duty trucking, transit and refuse market segments.
These transaction include the following:
Kroger Deal: The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR), America’s largest grocery retailer, announced plans to replace 40 diesel trucks based in Clackamas, Ore., with cleaner-burning natural gas trucks This LNG truck fleet deployment will serve Kroger’s Fred Meyer and QFC grocery chains in Oregon and Washington.
UPS:
UPS has noted that 10 additional LNG trucks will begin fueling at Clean Energy’s Jacksonville, Fla., station and are forecasted to consume approximately 246,000 DGEs of LNG annually. Also, five additional heavy-duty CNG trucks will begin fueling at Clean Energy’s station in downtown Los Angeles, Calif. The trucks are forecasted to consume approximately 96,000 DGEs of CNG annually. Together these 15 heavy-duty natural gas trucks are forecasted to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 647 metric tons, the equivalent of removing 134 passenger cars from the road annually.
Cardenas:
Cardenas will deploy 15 heavy-duty CNG trucks in its private fleet, fueling throughout Clean Energy’s network in California and Nevada. Once fully-deployed, this fleet is expected to consume approximately 300,000 DGEs of CNG per year, the equivalent of reducing greenhouse gases by approximately 695 metric tons.
Cardenas plans to convert its entire fleet of over 50 trucks to CNG in the coming years.
Transit:
Anaheim Transportation Network (ATN) has awarded Clean Energy to provide customized mobile LNG fueling station, facility maintenance and LNG fuel for ATN’s fleet of 35 LNG buses serving the Anaheim Resort District. The District serves theme parks, local businesses and the surrounding community. The fleet is forecasted to consume approximately 490,000 DGEs of LNG per year.
This would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 847 metric tons, the equivalent of removing approximately 175 passenger cars from the road each year.
In addition, Garden City Sanitation (GCS) San José, Calif., is converting its fleet of nearly 50 automated garbage collection vehicles to run on CNG. Currently 23 CNG refuse trucks are in service and the entire fleet is expected to be converted by mid-2015. Since earning its initial six-year collection contract with the City of San José in 2007, GCS has been awarded an eight-year extension.
Category: General Update, Green
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