Clean Energy Fuels Corp. released the third edition of “The Road to Natural Gas,” an update of its growing portfolio of customers making the switch to natural gas as a transportation fuel or expansion of their current fleets. This edition includes new agreements signed with additional fueling partners as potential locations for new Clean Energy stations along its expanding America’s Natural Gas Highway, in which the first 70 stations have been completed. Clean Energy has also seen growth in its core businesses of refuse, transit and airports, with a total of 127 new station projects completed in 2012, an 87% increase in overall station construction over 2011
With the current national average price of $4.14 a gallon for diesel and $3.74 for gasoline (in mid-February), both fuels are significantly more expensive than natural gas at the pump, up to $1.50 depending on local market conditions. The use of natural gas fuel not only reduces operating costs for vehicles, it also reduces greenhouse gas emissions up to 30% in light-duty vehicles and 23% in medium to heavy-duty vehicles. The U.S. Department of Energy reports that 98% of the natural gas consumed in the U.S. is sourced in the U.S. and Canada, making natural gas a secure North American energy choice.
