Clean Energy Fuels Case Study
Clean Energy is a natural gas vehicle refueling provider with over a dozen stations covering each region of New York and over 500 locations nationally.
At their Hunts Point station located in the Bronx, Clean Energy provides renewable natural gas to several local distributors, including Anheuser-Busch Distributors of New York, Atlantic Coast Transport Group, C. Blackburn Inc., and Baldor Express Transportation Company. Clean Energy also works with these companies to modify existing vehicle maintenance facilities.
| Currently, Clean Energy’s clean fuel helps reduce heavy-duty truck nitrogen oxide emissions by 90-95% |
Renewable natural gas was certified by CARB to be the first carbon negative vehicle fuel under California’s LCFS program |
While they already sell and distribute clean fuel, Clean Energy plans to transition all of their refueling stations from traditional natural gas to renewable natural gas by 2025.
“Natural gas trucks, particularly ones fueled by renewable natural gas, have a tremendously low carbon footprint, which is important for communities disproportionately affected by diesel emissions. The addition of this station now makes possible and plausible the transition of large portions of Hunts Point fleet industries to this cleaner, domestically produced fuel.”
BRONX BOROUGH COMMISSIONER WITH THE NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
A clean fuel standard would create a market for clean fuels, allowing local fleets to transition to cleaner alternatives, and allow Clean Energy Fuels to scale their business across New York. It would also create the economic engine for the state to turn agriculture and food waste into clean renewable fuel, while reducing methane emissions.
Communities with high levels of truck traffic would see improved air quality, as near-zero trucks virtually eliminate nitrogen dioxide emissions. The replacement of one traditional diesel-burning truck with a renewable natural gas truck is the equivalent of removing 119 fossil gasoline powered cars. A large-scale transition to RNG fleets would create lasting impacts on air quality in the Bronx.
