RNG

Truckload carrier Paper Transport sees greater adoption for renewable natural gas as fuel

In Truck Tech’s sixth and final special episode highlighting fleets making the switch to natural gas, host Alan Adler spoke with Green Bay, Wisconsin-based Paper Transport Inc. (PTI) about its journey.

PTI was an early adopter of natural gas-powered trucks, with approximately 10% of its total fleet made up of compressed natural gas (CNG) trucks. The company sees a step change in natural gas adoption rates due to an increase in net-zero-carbon renewable natural gas (RNG) sources and the release...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truckload-carrier-paper-transport-sees-greater-adoption-for-renewable-natural-gas-as-fuel

RNG: Trucks or stations? Which comes first?

On a special episode of Truck Tech, host Alan Adler spoke with Derek Turbide, vice president of business development at Clean Energy, and Scott Edelbach, executive vice president at Opal Fuels, about the advantages of public and private fueling stations.

For potential buyers of natural gas-powered commercial vehicles, an important topic is understanding the ecosystem and infrastructure surrounding the fuel source. 

Clean Energy Fuels’ multi decade push for public station expansion

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https://www.freightwaves.com/news/rng-trucks-or-stations-which-comes-first

Diesel distancing propels alternative fuel options

Renewable natural gas, battery-electric and hydrogen-powered trucks all target fleets switching from diesel ahead of coming regulations requiring costly additional emissions after-treatment. Which alternative will win? Possibly all of them.

Vouchers make first Nikola fuel cell trucks ‘cheaper than a diesel’

Back in 2018, Anheuser-Busch placed an initial order for up to 800 Nikola fuel cell trucks. Ever so slowly, that is becoming a reality.

After numerous missteps and setbacks, Nikola produced 42...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/diesel-distancing-propels-alternative-fuel-options

Ohio renewable natural gas station to fuel Amazon trucks

A green Clean Energy renewable natural gas station opened in Groveport, Ohio.

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. opened a station on Wednesday in Groveport, Ohio, that will supply Amazon trucks and other fleets with 700,000 gallons of renewable natural gas (RNG) annually. 

The two companies entered an agreement in 2021 for Clean Energy (NASDAQ: CLNE) to provide Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) with RNG at 27 existing stations and 19 stations that were to be built or upgraded. This Groveport station is the first of the 19.

Read: Is Amazon getting into the renewable natural gas business?

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https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ohio-renewable-natural-gas-station-to-fuel-amazon-trucks

Renewable natural gas’ one-two punch against emissions — Net-Zero Carbon

This episode of Net-Zero Carbon explores the potential of renewable natural gas.

On this episode of Net-Zero Carbon, Tyler Cole, director of carbon intelligence at FreightWaves, chats with Greg Roche, VP of sustainability at Clean Energy Fuels, about the future of renewable natural gas (RNG).

RNG is produced from methane captured from sources of organic waste, such as dairy farms, animal feedlots, food waste or landfills. If not captured, that methane goes directly into the atmosphere and has a global warming potential impact 28 times more powerful than carbon dioxide, Roche...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/renewable-natural-gas-one-two-punch-against-emissions-net-zero-carbon

Decarbonize Trucking Today with RNG

By Greg Roche, VP of Sustainability, Clean Energy

Trucking companies, and the shippers that hire trucking companies, are making bold commitments to cut their carbon footprint—such as becoming net zero by 2030. After the commitments are made, the hard work begins. Hard work because achieving net zero or better requires more than operational improvements. New business practices and cost-effective alternative technologies are needed to move beyond even the cleanest diesel platform. Renewable...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/decarbonize-trucking-today-with-rng

Clean Energy’s renewable natural gas to power an additional 611 trucks

Clean Energy announced it will supply renewable natural gas to 611 additional trucks.

Clean Energy Fuels on Thursday announced more agreements to supply renewable natural gas (RNG) for freight and refuse trucks at various companies.

Adopt-A-Port program spurs RNG adoption

The Adopt-A-Port initiative is run by Clean Energy and Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX). Chevron provides funding and supplies RNG to Clean Energy’s stations near the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

Qualified trucking fleets and individual owner-operators can get financing to help them purchase natural gas-powered...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/clean-energys-renewable-natural-gas-to-power-an-additional-611-trucks

Is compressed natural gas finally feasible for railroad applications?

CNGmotive’s solution for fueling locomotives provides potential to decarbonize rail using renewable natural gas.

Railroads transport goods extremely efficiently, especially in terms of fuel and greenhouse gas emissions. But most locomotives still run on fossil fuels.

Use of cleaner alternatives such as battery-electric or hydrogen requires new locomotives. However, diesel-powered locomotives can be retrofitted to run on natural gas, enabling companies to more cost-effectively reduce GHG emissions without having to retire locomotives that have years of useful life left.

Challenges of natural gas for rail

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https://www.freightwaves.com/news/is-compressed-natural-gas-finally-feasible-for-railroad-applications

3 reasons RNG is decarbonizing trucking today

By Greg Roche, VP of Sustainability at Clean Energy Fuels

Trucking companies, and the shippers that hire trucking companies, are making bold commitments to cut their carbon footprint — such as becoming net zero by 2030. After the commitments are made, the hard work begins — hard work because achieving net zero or better requires more than operational improvements. 

New business practices and cost-effective alternative technologies are needed to move beyond even the cleanest diesel platform....

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/3-reasons-rng-is-decarbonizing-trucking-today

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