The lead transportation agency for LA County, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro), signed a new maintenance agreement for renewable natural gas (RNG) to be used at several fueling locations.
Several other transportation agencies in the U.S. also signed agreements to receive supplies of RNG for their fleets with Clean Energy, a provider of the clean fuel for the transportation market, according to a statement.
In Los Angeles county, the stations will receive fuel for 11.5 million gallons annually for over 940 natural gas buses.
Under these new agreements, Clean Energy will build and upgrade fueling infrastructure, maintain and operate station sites, or provide RNG fuel for public buses, refuse trucks, street sweepers, and other vocational vehicles.
In a competitive bid, Clean Energy was awarded an RNG supply deal with Interurban Transit Partnership (The Rapid) transit agency in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Rapid currently has 100 natural gas buses in its fleet, and the deal is anticipated to supply 1.1 million gallons of RNG annually. Clean Energy will also provide operation and maintenance services for its fueling sites.
Trinity Metro, the public transportation provider for Fort Worth and surrounding cities in Tarrant County, Texas, inked an RNG supply agreement with Clean Energy to fuel 190 of its buses. The deal will provide approximately 2.1 million gallons of clean-burning RNG for its bus fleet.
The Birmingham Jefferson County Transit Authority (BJCTA) in Alabama has signed an RNG supply deal with Clean Energy to use an anticipated 950,000 gallons of fuel for 96 transit buses.
Clean Energy will build a new fueling station for Loudoun County in Virginia under a new agreement. This will help the county achieve its goal to grow its current natural gas bus fleet from 2 to 120 as they transition to cleaner alternative fuels like RNG. In addition to the new station, Clean Energy will modify existing bus maintenance facilities to accommodate the growth.
The city of El Paso, Texas, signed a fueling agreement with Clean Energy to supply three of its private fueling stations with RNG. The city’s 300-strong fleet of natural gas buses and 21 refuse trucks are forecasted to use approximately 2.7 million gallons of RNG annually.
The City of Tucson, one of the largest transit agencies in Arizona, has signed a station maintenance agreement with Clean Energy to support 100 of its natural gas buses, which consume over 2 million gallons of fuel annually.
Union City, California, also inked a new RNG supply deal with Clean Energy to fuel its 15-vehicle fleet. The agreement will see an anticipated 250,000 gallons of fuel provided to the city.
Kings County Area Public Transit Agency (KART) in California has signed a deal with Clean Energy to upgrade its private station and supply RNG to 25 buses for an estimated 220,000 gallons of RNG.