Sacramento County has announced that it will make the switch from liquefied natural gas (LNG) to renewable liquefied natural gas (RLNG) in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
by Staff
September 2, 2016
Photo courtesy of Sacramento County.
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Photo courtesy of Sacramento County.
Sacramento County has announced that it will make the switch from liquefied natural gas (LNG) to renewable liquefied natural gas (RLNG) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The county signed a multiple-year deal with Applied LNG.
"We have 60 vehicles that consume more than a million gallons of LNG fuel a year," said Keith Leech, chief of fleet services for Sacramento County. "Converting to renewable LNG will go a long way in reducing our carbon footprint as well as saving the county money."
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Renewable liquefied natural gas is produced from bio-methane extracted from a landfill, and represents the recyling of carbon that is already circulating in the environment. It reduces nitrogen oxide emissions by 87% and overall greenhouse gas emissions by 90% and has the lowest lifecycle carbon footprint of all carbon-based fuels available for transportation.
The county adopted renewable diesel a few weeks ago, and Leech said that this announcement brings the fleet's total renewable fuel consumption to over 2 million gallons, or over 50% of total fuel consumption. Earlier this year, Sacramento County also expanded its compressed natural gas (CNG) fleet and purchased fuel cell vehicles.
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