Canada: Clean Energy, Enbridge Partner to fuel UPS’s fleet with CNG

Clean Energy will provide 2,000,000 liters of CNG via its service station located near the UPS facility in Ontario.

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. has announced a new partnership with Enbridge Gas Inc.’s affiliate Union Energy Solutions Limited Partnership to fuel United Parcel Service (UPS) Canada delivery fleet vehicles with compressed natural gas (CNG) at its London, Ontario station.

“We are excited by the growing use of CNG in Ontario that will significantly lower greenhouse gas emissions and result in a positive environmental impact to reduce local air pollutants. We’re pleased that UPS continues the migration of its package cars to CNG in Canada and applaud their sustainability efforts,” said Chad Lindholm, Senior Vice president of Clean Energy.

UPS Canada has converted 25 package delivery vans to operate on CNG. In addition, the Clean Energy-operated CNG service station, located near the UPS facility in London, will provide an anticipated 2,000,000 liters, which equals to 525,000 gasoline gallon, of CNG in a multi-year agreement.

“We are pleased to help the medium and heavy transportation industries that are working hard to reduce emissions. CNG is a cleaner-burning solution for fleet and transit vehicles that can immediately reduce emissions by up to 20 percent as compared to gasoline or diesel while also reducing fuel costs,” added Cynthia Hansen, Executive Vice President & President, Gas Distribution & Storage, Enbridge Inc.

Implementing CNG to fuel the trucks will reduce 700 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions. As stated by the company in a press release, it is the equivalent of planting 11,667 trees, removing 152 cars from the road, and recycling 281 tons of landfill waste.

“CNG is an important part of UPS’s strategy to increase its use of alternative fuel and reduce our emissions. As a transportation company, we have a responsibility to put sustainability at the core of our operations and adding these new vehicles to our growing alternative fuel fleet in Canada will have a measurable impact,” commented Floyd Bristol, Vice President of Automotive of UPS Canada.