U.S. Refuse Fleets Speed up Transition to Renewable Natural Gas
(Clean Energy/NGV Journal) Clean Energy Fuels Corp. announced an increased demand for renewable natural gas from the refuse sector, particularly in California, where refuse trucks are fueled by the very solid waste they haul. The city of Fresno signed a two-year agreement with Clean Energy for liquefied biomethane to power approximately 140 refuse trucks with its Redeem™ brand for an anticipated annual total of 1.6 million LNG gallons, the equivalent of just over one million GGEs.
The city of Long Beach has also entered into a new two-year contract to fuel 77 vehicles with an expected 225,000 GGEs of Redeem, including its 35 LNG refuse trucks. NASA Services in Montebello has opted to power its growing CNG refuse fleet of 50 vehicles with an approximate 400,000 GGEs of Redeem, while neighboring Arrow Services in La Puente will fuel 30 trucks with an anticipated 250,000 GGEs. Burrtec in Riverside County has inked a deal to fuel its transfer truck fleet with an anticipated 350,000 GGEs of Redeem from a public access station that Clean Energy operates in Riverside.
Outside of California, the city of Spokane, Washington, has renewed a second option for operations and maintenance, along with an expected 250,000 GGEs of Redeem annually to power 40 waste trucks. In addition, Groot Recycling and Waste, a Waste Connections Company in the greater Chicago area, has signed an agreement for approximately 890,000 GGEs of CNG to power 86 trucks.
Moreover, Clean Energy continues to support Waste Pro USA’s $100 million commitment to transition its refuse fleet from diesel fuel to clean-burning CNG with the growth of its Pompano Beach, Fla. fueling station. The station expansion will allow Waste Pro to increase its natural gas usage by an anticipated 220,000 GGEs of CNG to accommodate an additional 22 waste vehicles. Clean Energy operates and maintains several of Waste Pro’s CNG stations throughout Florida and the Southeast. In Fort Pierce, Florida, Waste Pro has extended its repair and maintenance contract for two years, renewing its fuel commitment for an estimated 575,000 GGEs of CNG.
Long-time Clean Energy partner DeKalb County in Stone Mountain, Ga. has expanded its CNG consumption by an expected 350,000 GGE increase in 2019 to power more than 45 new refuse trucks. With its total number of natural gas vehicles now over 200, the DeKalb County Fleet Management Department was ranked #1 by “The 100 Best Fleets in the Americas™” out of 38,000 public fleets in North America. Clean Energy operates and maintains both public access stations for the county and has provided fueling services for over eight years. READ MORE
California refuse vehicles go full circle with Redeem RNG (Biomass Magazine)
U.S. leading waste operator commits to biomethane to power its fleet (NGV Journal)
