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Clean Energy Opens New Renewable Natural Gas Station for Amazon
The Romeoville, IL station to provide low-carbon fuel for Amazon fleet as part of nationwide RNG Expansion NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Clean
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nThe Romeoville, IL station to provide low-carbon fuel for Amazon fleet as part of nationwide RNG Expansion\n\n NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nClean Energy Fuels Corp. (NASDAQ: CLNE), the largest provider of the cleanest fuel for the transportation market, announced the opening of another renewable natural gas (RNG) fueling station that will provide an anticipated 1.4 million gallons of the clean fuel annually for Amazon and other truck fleets in the greater Chicago area.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221219005206/en/Clean Energy opens new renewable natural gas station for Amazon in Romeoville, IL station that will provide low-carbon fuel. (Photo: Business Wire)\n“The addition of the Romeoville station to our fueling network represents another step in the pathway for Amazon to realize significant carbon reduction for its transportation fleets,” said Chad Lindholm, senior vice president, Clean Energy. “Trucks that operate on diesel are incredibly harmful to the air we breathe and contribute to long-term climate change. Renewable natural gas is a viable solution that provides immediate benefits, and as such this station will mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and lessen the impact of climate change in the Chicago area.”\n\nLocated at 300 Southcreek Parkway, the Romeoville station is part of an agreement between Clean Energy and Amazon for Clean Energy to build 19 stations nationwide. The station is intended to support the retailer in its adoption of RNG, a sustainable fuel produced from organic waste, which has been given an average carbon rating of -317 by the California Air Resources Board and is helping fleets to further their carbon reduction and fiscal goals.\n\nThe station initially will fuel more than 100 Amazon trucks and is designed with sufficient fueling capacity to accommodate several hundred more trucks. Amazon heavy-duty trucks have already fueled at more than 86 existing Clean Energy stations around the country and under the agreement announced last year, another 17 new Clean Energy-owned stations are slated to follow Romeoville, with several expected to open early next year.\n\nBy dispensing 1.4 million gallons of RNG annually instead of diesel, the Romeoville station will reduce carbon emissions by 15,219 MT metric tons—the ...