Clean Energy Fuels said that its customer Raven Transport is expanding its clean-burning natural gas fleet with 115 Peterbilt Model 579s, equipped with sleepers and powered by LNG to haul goods for a consumer packaged goods company.
Clean Energy will support this fleet by opening truck-friendly natural gas fueling stations in Atlanta, Georgia, Birmingham, Alabama, Pearl, Mississippi, and Theodore, Alabama, according to a company statement.
The fleet will also fuel at Clean Energy’s existing Albany, Georgia, Charlotte, North Carolina, Jacksonville, Florida, Houston Baytown, Texas, Latta, South Carolina, and Valdosta, Georgia, stations. Mobile LNG fueling units will also be deployed in Eden, North Carolina, Newnan, Georgia, Ocala, Florida, and Pineville, Louisiana, to enable LNG refueling throughout the Southeast.
Raven purchased its expanded natural gas truck fleet from Rush Truck Center, Jacksonville, Florida, part of the largest network of commercial vehicle dealerships in the United States, which is owned and operated by Rush Enterprises. Custom Vehicle Solutions, another Rush Enterprises company, then completed the installation of Chart LNG fuel systems purchased through Clean Energy’s tank pricing program. The fleet will operate on irregular routes originating from production plants and distribution centers in the Southeast and is forecasted to consume approximately 2.4 million additional DGEs of LNG annually.