“Our customers have continued to operate their essential businesses at a very high level, despite significant challenges from the COVID 19 pandemic,” said Nate Jensen, senior vice president renewable fuels, Clean Energy.
“This means that essential employees are able to get to work, refuse is collected every day, and goods movement continues uninterrupted throughout the U.S. Our customers have demonstrated their commitment to sustainable transportation by enthusiastically embracing our ultra-low carbon Redeem RNG. In response, we have significantly augmented our supplies of Redeem RNG and expect to provide ever-increasing volumes of the clean, sustainable fuel to our customers.”
Clean Energy’s Redeem was the first commercially available RNG vehicle fuel, derived from capturing the biogenic methane produced by the decomposition of organic waste from dairies, landfills, and wastewater treatment plants. Redeem reduces climate-harming greenhouse gas emissions by at least 70%, and even up to 300% depending on the source of the RNG, making it a negative carbon fuel.
Contracts Include:
Food Express, Inc. - Specializing in the transportation of food grade dry bulk commodities in the Western U.S., Food Express, Inc., based in Arcadia, Calif., has contracted Clean Energy to build a station in Maywood that will deliver an estimated 4.7 million gallons of Redeem for its fleet of 60 RNG trucks. The deal also includes an operations and maintenance agreement for the station, which is expected to be completed by mid-2021.
Pacific Green Trucking, Inc. - Operates drayage vehicles in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. The company is adding 39 new RNG trucks to its fleet through the Chevron and Clean Energy partnership Adopt-A-Port program. In migrating from diesel fuel to RNG, Pacific Green has committed to an approximate 2.3 million gallons of Redeem.
Waste Connections - The third largest waste company in North America has inked a multi-year extended supply contract for an approximate 8 million gallons of Redeem to meet its growing RNG truck fleet needs. A long-term customer of Clean Energy, Waste Connections has expanded its fleet of 110 waste trucks to 100 percent RNG at its San Jose hauling company.
Atlas Disposal - Long-time Clean Energy customer Atlas Disposal, a waste hauling company based in Sacramento, has signed a multi-year extension contract for an anticipated 10 million gallons of Redeem across their two stations – Sacramento and San Jose.
CR&R Environmental Services has renewed a contract for an anticipated 20 million gallons of Redeem to fuel 225 waste trucks at its Garden Grove and Perris stations. This volume is expected to increase as CR&R completes replacement of more diesel trucks in the coming years.
In San Juan Capistrano, CR&R has inked an extended contract for an expected 9 million gallons of Redeem to power 125 RNG waste and recycling trucks.
Big Blue Bus, the transit agency that services one of the most environmentally conscious cities in Los Angeles County, Santa Monica, Calif., has extended its Redeem fueling contract with Clean Energy for an anticipated 4 million gallons of RNG to fill its bus fleet, one of the largest in the nation.
Linden Bulk Transportation LLC, a subsidiary of Odyssey Logistics & Technology Corporation, has added two new natural gas trucks to its fleet through Clean Energy’s Zero Now program. The offering brings the price of a natural gas truck at parity with a diesel truck, while offering a guaranteed fuel discount for the duration of the agreement.
The new CNG tractors will fuel with an estimated 20,000 gallons of CNG and are the first in Linden’s plan to add more natural gas trucks to the Odyssey fleet.
National Cement, based in Encino, Calif., has purchased 15 new RNG concrete mixers through Clean Energy’s Zero Now program, with a multi-year fuel agreement for an anticipated 675,000 gallons of Redeem.
The Town of Smithtown on Long Island, N.Y., has again required the use of natural gas refuse trucks in its city refuse franchise and signed a corresponding term extension for Clean Energy’s fueling services. Clean Energy has signed Zero Now agreements with the four new solid waste and recycling companies serving the Town, including Alpha Carting, T&D, Total Collection and Winters Bros., for a total 22 trucks with a multi-year fueling contract for an estimated 1.3 million gallons of natural gas.
Denver International Airport has signed a multi-year extended contract for an estimated 7.5 million gallons of natural gas to fuel airport ground transportation. Six airport stations provide fuel for natural gas buses, maintenance pick-up trucks and baggage tugs.
Jacksonville Transportation Authority, with the assistance of federal grant funding, has replaced eight diesel buses with new natural gas units. These additional buses will support JTA’s sustainability efforts by eliminating diesel buses that emit higher CO2 emissions. Since 2015, Clean Energy has provided fueling services to JTA, which currently consumes an estimated 1.2 million gallons of natural gas annually.
