Clean Energy Fuels Corp.(Clean Energy) announced a slew of new deals in response to the demand for renewable natural gas (RNG) 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.
“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 Santa Monica, Calif., 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 percent over the last five 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, Calif., 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 also entered into a long-term agreement with Cedar Bus Company of Buffalo, N.Y., to provide an estimated two million gallons of fuel to power 60 shuttle buses that provide paratransit and university transportation.
KALM Energy, based in Lincoln, Neb., 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 one million gallons. The first site fuels the Omaha Metro Transit Agency, and two public access stations, located in Lincoln and Council Bluffs, Iowa, fuel natural gas fleets in the region.
