Government Fleet News

GRAND JUNCTION, CO - The new compressed natural gas (CNG) trucks will be the first four CNG vehicles in the City's fleet, and is the first stage in the City moving toward CNG and away from foreign oil dependency.

Tags: CNG, Grand Junction, refuse truck

AUSTIN, TX - The City of Austin has awarded a 10-year contract to Clean Energy Fuels Corp. to design, build, and maintain a new public access compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station located adjacent to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.

Tags: City of Austin, Clean Energy, CNG

COLUMBUS, OH - The City of Columbus, Ohio's large fleet of alternative fuel vehicles is the focus of this week's MotorWeek Clean Cities Success Story.

Tags: alt-fuel, City of Columbus, CNG, television

LOS ANGELES - With four LNG refueling stations already in operation, the City of Los Angeles has commenced construction on its fifth and largest LNG/LCNG station to date.

Tags: City of Los Angeles, CNG, LCNG

SEAL BEACH, CA - Refuse operators in Florida, New Jersey, Idaho, and California have opened new compressed natural gas (CNG) fuel stations to support deployment of their growing fleets of CNG refuse collection trucks.

Tags: Allied Waste Services, Central Jersey Waste, Choice Environmental Services, CNG, refuse trucks, South County Sanitary Company

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, NJ - The Atlantic County Utilities Authority (ACUA) is working with Clean Energy Fuels on a new compressed natural gas (CNG) fuel station to support its growing fleet of CNG refuse trucks, as well municipal and private CNG fleet vehicles in the area.

Tags: Atlantic County Utilities Authority, Clean Energy, CNG

SPRINGFIELD, MO - The City of Springfield, Greene County, and the Missouri Department of Transportation will share the $700,000 grant for a compressed natural gas fueling station.

Tags: City of Springfield, CNG, conversions, grant, Greene County, Missouri Department of Transportation, natural gas, retrofits

SEAL BEACH, CA - The new trucks are expected to use approximately 3.6 million gasoline gallon equivalents of natural gas fuel per year once fully deployed.

Tags: CNG, LNG, natural gas, natural gas trucks, SCAQMD, South Coast Air Quality Management District

MINEOLA, NY - Nassau County has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy for the purchase of forty environmentally-friendly compressed natural gas (CNG) dump trucks for the Department of Public Works.

Tags: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, CNG, grant, Nassau County , U.S. Department of Energy

PHILADELPHIA - PECO has expanded its utility fleet of vehicles with more compressed natural gas and hybrid vehicles.

Tags: alt-fuel vehicles, CNG, Ford F-350, PECO, PHEVs

ATLANTA - With its recent funding awarded by the Department of Energy, the County will work to increase the supply of renewable compressed natural gas (CNG) while growing the availability of CNG fueling stations.

Tags: CNG, DeKalb County, Department of Energy, Recovery Act

ASHEVILLE, NC - Altech-Eco Corporation, announced they have obtained a Certificate of Conformity from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for their compressed natural gas dedicated conversion system for the Ford Focus.

Tags: Altech-Eco Corporation, CNG, EPA

HAUPPAUGE, NY – Suffolk County plans to expand its use of alternative fuels in the county fleet through the purchase of 15 compressed natural gas heavy-duty vehicles, according to the Empire State News.

Tags: CNG, Suffolk County

SEATTLE – CleanScapes, Inc. and Waste Management of Seattle have received deliveries of 144 new compressed natural gas refuse trucks from McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing, according to Environmental Protection.

Tags: CleanScapes, Inc., CNG, CNG trucks, McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing, Waste Management of Seattle

SAN PEDRO, CA – The Port has launched a 2009 alternative-fuel truck incentive program to put 900 compressed and liquefied natural gas trucks, as well as 100 electric trucks, into service this year.

Tags: 2009 Clean Truck Incentive Program, CNG, Green, liquefied natural gas, LNG trucks, Los Angeles Harbor Commission, Port of Los Angeles

BIRMINGHAM, AL – The City of Birmingham will lease 70 natural gas-fueled garbage and rubbish trucks and apply for a $5 million federal grant to build a compressed natural gas station, according to the Birmingham News.

Tags: Alagasco, alternative fuel, City of Birmingham, CNG, Energen, grant, natural gas

SALT LAKE CITY – Over the next 14 months, officials plan to buy 26 new CNG vehicles and convert nearly 100 from gasoline-burning engines to run on natural gas, according to the Salt Lake Tribune.

Tags: CNG, gas-electric hybrid, Green, Utah

NORMAN, OK – City council members adopted a comprehensive alternative fuel program they believe will be better for the environment and save money in the long run, according to NewsOK.com.

Tags: alt-fuel, City of Norman, CNG, CNG infrastructure, Oklahoma

SEAL BEACH, CA – The new CNG facility will support the University's program to replace most of its diesel bus and gasoline-powered fleet vehicles with energy-efficient, environmentally friendly CNG models.

Tags: alt-fuel, Clean Energy, CNG, fueling station, Oklahoma State University , OSU

TULSA, OK - The State of Oklahoma’s Department of Central Services Fleet Management Division recently entered into an agreement with Tulsa Gas Technologies, Inc., to provide Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) certified OEM-style CNG conversion technology for use in its vehicle fleets.

Tags: CNG, NaturalDrive, State of Oklahoma, Tulsa Gas Technologies, Inc

OVERLAND PARK, KS – The Coordinating Committee For Automotive Repair (CCAR) announces the introduction of new module for its “S/P2” (Safety and Pollution Prevention) e-learning program on “Compressed Natural Gas Vehicles.”

Tags: CCAR, CNG, Coordinating Committee For Automotive Repair

KANSAS CITY, MO - Kansas City’s Water Services Department has received the fourth reimbursement from an $880,000 grant from the Missouri Department of Transportation for compressed natural gas conversions to its vehicles.

Tags: CNG, Kansas City’s Water Services Department , Missouri Department of Transportation

LONG BEACH, CA - Beating out cities such as Chicago, Atlanta, Denver, and Colorado Springs, the City of Long Beach recently earned the No.1 Government Green Fleet in North America recognition.

Tags: City of Long Beach, CNG, Government Green Fleet in North America. , Green, LNG, sweepers

PHOENIX – NaturalDrive Partners, LLC has obtained EPA certification for its dedicated compressed natural gas (CNG) retrofit of 2008 Chevrolet Impala sedans powered by 3.5L and 3.9L flex-fuel engines in models LS, LT, LTZ, as well as law enforcement packages 9C1 and 9C3.

Tags: Chevrolet Impala, CNG, NaturalDrive Partners, LLC