Clean Energy Signs RNG Agreements for Transit, Refuse Sectors

Clean Energy Fuels has announced new deals in response to the demand for renewable natural gas (RNG), a fuel produced from organic waste, as more fleets adopt and expand their use of the low-carbon transportation fuel. RNG represents more than 74% 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% zero-carbon renewable fuel at its stations by 2025.

Clean Energy signed a multi-year agreement with the City of Pasadena, California, 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, California, 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% 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, California, 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 entered into a long-term agreement with Cedar Bus Company, of Buffalo, New York, to provide an estimated two million gallons of fuel to power 60 shuttle buses that provide paratransit and university transportation.

The City of Sacramento, County of Sacramento, and the City of Redlands have all extended their RNG supply agreements with Clean Energy for an anticipated 1.5 million gallons to fuel refuse trucks and other vehicles.

KALM Energy, based in Lincoln, Nebraska, has contracted with Clean Energy to take over operations of its three compressed natural gas (CNG) stations that fuel transit buses, refuse trucks, heavy-duty trucks, and passenger vehicles with annual gallons estimated at 1 million gallons. The first site fuels the Omaha Metro Transit Agency, and two public access stations fuel natural gas fleets in the region.

Clean Energy has been contracted by the City of Fort Smith, Arkansas, to build a $1.8 million station for the city’s sanitation department to fuel refuse trucks and provide maintenance services at the site. Clean Energy has also signed an agreement to provide $380,000 in facility modifications for the city’s sanitation maintenance facility.

The Olathe School District in Kansas has contracted with their transportation provider DS Bus Line to run 30 CNG school buses in place of 30 diesel buses for an estimated 75,000 gallons of CNG per year. DS Bus Line, the transportation operator for Olathe Schools, utilized a grant to purchase CNG school buses. The buses will be deployed and operable for the upcoming school year.

Clean Energy is facilitating station expansions for national solid waste company Republic Services in two additional California locations, allowing it to double the number of RNG-fueled trucks in Sun Valley and accommodating an additional 34 refuse trucks in Pacheco. Clean Energy currently provides RNG for Republic Services trucks in 22 states.

Originally posted on Government Fleet