Clean Energy Fuels Corp. has been awarded a contract by San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS), one of nation’s largest transit systems, to provide an expected 86 million gallons of renewable natural gas to operate its bus fleet. By running on biomethane instead of diesel, it is anticipated that the fleet will reduce 73,972 metric tons of CO2—the equivalent of planting 1.2 million trees, taking 15,939 gasoline cars off the road, or recycling 25,596 tons of landfill waste per year.
“San Diego MTS was an early adopter of natural gas in the 1990s and has continued to seek cleaner and more economical fueling options,” said Clean Energy Senior Vice President Chad Lindholm. “As a result of the use of renewable natural gas the people who live in the San Diego area will have less exposure to greenhouse gas emissions and cleaner air.”
“Renewable natural gas is a great example of how we can use innovation and technology to create a cleaner and more sustainable environment,” said MTS CEO Sharon Cooney. “The use of renewable natural gas is an important strategy for MTS while we work toward achieving our goal of zero emissions.”
Clean Energy continues to make significant investments in the production of additional biomethane sources and has partnered with two of the most sustainability-committed global energy companies, TotalEnergies and bp, to sign partnerships with dairy owners around the country.
The project at Del Rio Dairy in Texas, which is part of Clean Energy’s join venture with TotalEnergies, is in final commissioning with manure introduced to the digester, and its first gas injection is expected in the first quarter of this year. When operational, the manure from Del Rio’s 8,000 milking cows is anticipated to produce more than a million gallons of renewable natural gas a year.
Construction at South Fork Dairy in Hart County, Texas, is expected to commence soon with an anticipated 2.6 million gallons of renewable fuel to be produced annually once completed.
Construction at the first dairy projects through the joint venture with bp in Iowa, South Dakota and Minnesota are nearing completion. Biomethane is expected to begin to flow in the first quarter of 2023 with five total projects online by mid-year.
Source: Clean Energy
