Veolia Transportation Services, Inc., a North America-wide private provider of public transit services, has awarded CNG and LNG provider Clean Energy Fuels Corp. a contract to build, operate, and maintain a compressed natural gas (CNG) bus fueling station at Veolia facilities in downtown Los Angeles.
Construction of the new Veolia/Clean Energy CNG station will begin in January 2010, with completion set for mid 2010. CNG fuel requirements are projected at more than 420,000 gasoline-gallon-equivalents in the first year of the Veolia station’s operations.
Under contract with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro), Veolia will begin operating new environmentally friendly CNG buses for the agency in April 2010, as Metro accelerates efforts to replace older diesel-fueled buses with new CNG models. The Veolia-operated transit buses are deployed in Metro’s North Los Angeles County service area.
James Harger, Clean Energy Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, said “We are very grateful for the confidence that Veolia Transportation has placed in Clean Energy to support them in their efforts to help Metro achieve the full potential of its clean-air natural gas bus policy. Across the U.S., Clean Energy is partnering with major metropolitan public transit agencies and their service providers to fuel over 5,000 buses and to help them implement and expand clean-fuel programs for their bus fleets. CNG has proven to significantly lower harmful emissions like nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, toxic pollutants and greenhouse gases as compared to diesel fuel.”
The new CNG station supporting a Metro contractor will be Clean Energy’s second project of this type. The company also partnered with Southland Transit, Inc. for a fueling facility for CNG bus service to the San Gabriel Valley section of LA County.
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