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Clean Energy and Its Customers Receive $2.87 Million in Grants From Varied Federal, State and Local Agencies.


Energy Editors/Business Editors

SEAL BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 26, 2003

Funds Will Support Fueling Station Development and Natural Gas

Vehicle Deployment in California, Arizona, Texas and Colorado

Clean Energy, North America's leader in clean transportation (formerly ENRG), and its customers have been awarded a total of $2.87 million in grants from varied federal, state and local agencies to support fueling station development and natural gas vehicle deployment in California, Arizona, Texas and Colorado.

"A critical task in our mission to help fuel a cleaner America is to build out the fueling station infrastructure in heavily populated areas to enable natural gas vehicle owners to obtain fuel conveniently," said Andrew Littlefair, Clean Energy president and CEO. "These grants will help make a difference in natural gas fuel availability, as well as help deploy additional natural gas vehicles This is a list of natural gas vehicles. Airplanes
  • Tu-155 only experimental
Helicopters
  • Mil Mi-8 only experimental
Passenger cars
  • Citroën Berlingo Multispace 1,4 GNV
  • Fiat Doblò SX 1.
."

Through partnerships with the California Energy Commission The California Energy Commission is California’s primary energy policy and planning agency. Created in 1974 and headquartered in Sacramento, the Commission has responsibility for activities that include forecasting future energy needs, promoting energy efficiency through , Arizona Department of Commerce The mission of the Arizona Department of Commerce is "to create vibrant communities and a globally competitive Arizona economy."[1] Notes

1. ^ Mission Statement on the Official Website of the ADC

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, Texas State Conservation Office, and Colorado Office of Energy Management and Conservation, Clean Energy and its customers were awarded grant funds totaling $1,622,000 in a competitive program sponsored by the Department of Energy (DOE). With the combination of Clean Energy's capital and this funding support, Clean Energy will construct four new public access, compressed natural gas Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) is a substitute for gasoline (petrol) or diesel fuel. It is considered to be an environmentally "clean" alternative to those fuels. It is made by compressing natural gas (which is mainly composed by methane (CH4  (CNG) fueling stations. Additionally, its customers will deploy over 330 natural gas vehicles.

Clean Energy submitted a total of 17 grant applications to the states of California, Arizona, Texas and Colorado and funding was awarded for 14 projects. Projects were supported by the Denver Metro Clean Cities Coalition, Northwest Riverside County Clean Cities Coalition, Southern California Association of Governments' Clean Cities Coalition, Valley of the Sun Clean Cities Coalition, DFW Clean Cities Coalition, Tucson Regional Clean Cities Coalition, San Francisco Clean Cities Coalition, and the Coachella Valley Clean Cities Coalition, Ford Motor Co., Time Warner Cable This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article.  and XRT.

Additionally, Clean Energy received a $1,250,000 grant from the South Coast Air Quality Management District The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD), formed in 1976, is the air pollution agency responsible mainly for regulating stationary sources of air pollution for most of Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside County, and all of Orange county.  (SCAQMD) to help construct five CNG/LNG fueling stations in Southern California. The stations include a CNG fueling station at Palm Springs International Airport Palm Springs International Airport (IATA: PSP, ICAO: KPSP, FAA LID: PSP) is a public airport located two miles (3 km) east of the central business district (CBD) of Palm Springs, California, serving the Coachella Valley area of Riverside County.  to provide increased support for the growing number of CNG-fueled vehicles in the Coachella Valley. The Coachella Valley is one of the top regions in the country implementing clean-air vehicle programs due to the leadership of its regional transportation group, SunLine Transit, and to Clean Energy's participation. Other new stations in Canoga Park, West Hollywood and at Ontario International Airport will expand availability of fueling locations for local users. In San Bernardino, Clean Energy will construct a new LNG fueling station to service heavy-duty vehicles operating on the Interstate Clean Transportation Corridor.

Clean Energy (formerly ENRG) is the largest provider of vehicular natural gas (CNG and LNG) in North America with a broad customer base in the refuse, transit, shuttle, taxi, police, intrastate and interstate trucking, airport and municipal fleet markets with tens of thousands of vehicles fueling at more than 150 locations in the United States and Canada. Customers include Los Angeles International Airport “LAX” redirects here. For other uses, see LAX (disambiguation).

“KLAX” redirects here. For other uses, see KLAX (disambiguation).

Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX
, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport “PHX” redirects here. For other uses, see PHX (disambiguation).

Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (IATA: PHX, ICAO: KPHX, FAA LID: PHX
, SuperShuttle, SunLine Transit, Foothill Transit, Waste Management, Dallas-Ft. Worth International Airport, SYSCO Foods, Ft. Worth Transportation Agency, Denver International Airport This article is about Denver International Airport. For other uses, see KDEN (disambiguation).

Denver International Airport (IATA: DEN, ICAO: KDEN, FAA LID: DEN), often called DIA
, Denver RTD, MTDB of San Diego, LaGuardia Airport, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) is "a body politic and corporate, and a political subdivision" of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts [1] formed in 1964 to finance and operate most bus, subway, commuter rail and ferry systems in the greater , and the US Navy. The company partners with Ford Motor Company to help expand its market share of natural gas vehicles. Clean Energy is a private company whose major shareholders include Boone Pickens, Terasen Inc. (formerly BC Gas Inc., TSE: TER.TO), Westport Innovations Inc. (TSE: WPT.TO) and Perseus 2000 LLC. Information at: www.cleanenergyfuels.com
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