Clean Energy Delivered 30% More Renewable Natural Gas Last Year

February 03, 2020

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(Clean Energy/NGV Journal) Clean Energy Fuels Corp. delivered 143 million gallons of Redeem™ renewable natural gas last year as robust sales of the carbon-neutral transportation fuel continued in 2019, closing out the year with significant deals throughout North America. The environmental impact of replacing 143 million gallons of diesel with biomethane is the equivalent of reducing 745,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions—also equal to removing 158,000 cars off the road, or reducing 260,000 tons of waste that would otherwise be sent to the landfill.

In 2019, Clean Energy unveiled ambitious goals to exclusively offer zero-carbon Redeem at all of its fueling stations by 2025. At this pace Clean Energy would outdistance other alternative fuels, including electric vehicles, which are not expected to hit that mark until 2045.

Clean Energy’s 2019 Redeem totals were bolstered by a seven-year contract with UPS for 170 million gallons to fuel their large fleet of natural gas heavy-duty trucks around the country, the largest purchase of biomethane ever in the U.S. In 2019 Clean Energy provided an estimated 16 million of Redeem to UPS. Redeem sales were also strengthened by the addition of more ultra-low emissions trucks operating in the ports of Los Angeles; and from wider adoption by municipalities including Santa Monica, Santa Clarita, Midway City, Redondo Beach, Sacramento, Ontario and San Jose.

“Fleets are discovering that biomethane, together with natural gas engine technology, is a proven solution that can significantly decrease the impact of harmful emissions and reduce GHG emissions,” said Chad Lindholm, vice president, Clean Energy Fuels. “Clean Energy’s corporate vision is directly tied to improving air quality and positively impacting public health, so we’ll continue to grow Redeem’s role in our fuel offerings to provide a clean and cost-effective alternative to diesel fuel.”

Some of the fleets using Redeem:

Ecology Auto Parts (Southern California): 47 new class 8 trucks.
Orange County Department of Public Works: 50 municipal vehicles such as sweepers and dump trucks.
LAZ Parking: more than 40 CNG buses in Southern California.
Shuttle company Amato: 17 hotel and charter service shuttle buses.
Demolition company IRS Demo (Los Angeles): three new CNG trucks.
Fox Rent A Car: 17 CNG rental car shuttles at Los Angeles International Airport and McCarren Airport in Las Vegas.
Sunset Property Services (Irvine, California): it has doubled its natural gas street sweeper fleet in the past 36 months.
Western Eagle Shuttle (California Bay Area): passenger shuttles at San Francisco International Airport. READ MORE