Catalina Pacific®, a CalPortland® Company, Stakes Out Environmental Leadership Position by Converting Its California Ready-Mix Truck Fleet to Clean Energy’s Redeem™
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By adopting a combination of Clean Energy’s Redeem™
RNG with the new Cummins Westport natural gas engine
“Switching to zero emission engines fueled by renewable natural gas
instead of diesel has been a real game changer,” said
An industry leader on energy conservation and environmental quality for more than a decade, CalPortland’s Energy Management Services Program is dedicated to monitoring and improving the functionality of energy use across its operations, which include 65 ready mix plants, 25 aggregate quarries, and 16 cement plants/terminals. The company has been awarded the prestigious U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star® Partner of the Year for 14 consecutive years.
Catalina Pacific’s 118 concrete mixers are expected to consume an
average of 75,000 gallons of Redeem fuel per month, which displaces
approximately 8,365 metric tons annually of GHG emissions. The trucks
will fuel at two
“CalPortland has been a trailblazer in sustainable initiatives, and to
date has made the largest investment in natural gas vehicles within the
concrete industry in the western United States,” said
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About CalPortland
CalPortland is the largest building materials company which produces
cement and construction material products on the west coast of
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning
of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that involve risks, uncertainties and
assumptions, including without limitation statements about the benefits
of Redeem relative to other fuels and the amount of Redeem CalPortland
will consume. Actual results and the timing of events could differ
materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as
a result of several factors, including, without limitation, conditions
at RNG production facilities, the cost and operating experience
associated with natural gas vehicles and changes to federal and state
programs that help make production and distribution of Redeem
cost-effective. The forward-looking statements made herein speak only as
of the date of this press release and, unless otherwise required by law,
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Source:
Clean Energy Contact:
Raleigh Gerber
949-437-1397
raleigh.gerber@cleanenergyfuels.com
or
CalPortland
Media Contact:
William Larson
626-852-6200
wlarson@calportland.com