California-based Clean Energy Fuels Corporation announced Friday that it had been awarded a contract to construct three compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling stations in Ontario, Canada for Union Energy Solutions.
The stations, which will be based in Canadian cities London, Windsor and Napanee, will make fueling with clean CNG possible along Highway 401 in Ontario, one of the busiest highways in North America and the main route from the Windsor border at Detroit, to Quebec City on the St. Lawrence Seaway, strategically and economically vital to trade between Canada and the U.S., according to the company's statement.
The three stations are expected to initially distribute an estimated 600,000 gasoline gallon equivalents (GGEs) per year.
'Reducing greenhouse gases remains a high priority for North America's transportation industry,' said Sarah Van Der Paelt, vice president of Union Energy Solutions.
'Building these stations on such an important commercial route will provide the necessary infrastructure and opportunity for fleets to make a successful transition to traditional and renewable natural gas which dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions versus diesel-fueled trucks,' she added.
Chad Lindholm, vice president of sales at Clean Energy, said the agreement with Union Energy Solutions would enable them “to provide more outlets for clean natural gas, which in turn will help reduce toxic and unhealthful diesel gas emissions in the region”.
“This network of CNG stations will enable heavy-duty truck fleets to confidently travel these routes ensuring they have sufficient fuel as they cross Canadian and provincial borders as well as travelling into the United States,' Lindholm added.
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. is the leading provider of natural gas fuel and renewable natural gas (RNG) fuel for transportation in North America. It has a network of over 530 natural gas fueling stations that it owns and/or operates in 42 U.S. states and other provinces in Canada.
Union Energy Solutions Limited Partnership (UES) is an unregulated affiliate of Union Gas Limited – an Enbridge Company that focuses on various clean energy business initiatives in the Ontario province. UES is currently embarking on establishing a network of compressed natural gas (CNG) refueling stations along Ontario’s 400 series highways.
By Hale Turkes
Anadolu Agency
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