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SEAL BEACH, Calif., Mar 04, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- TransLink, the South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority, has awarded Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq:CLNE) a new long-term contract to expand and maintain the compressed natural gas (CNG) fuel station that supports TransLink's current fleet of 60 clean-burning CNG buses.

Located at the agency's Port Coquitlam Transit Centre, in a suburb of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the Clean Energy-operated, high-volume station will be upgraded and reconfigured to accommodate potential fleet growth of up to 125 buses.

Clean Energy has been under contract to provide CNG fueling services to TransLink since 1998, with total CNG bus fleet consumption now topping 1.2 million US gallons annually. TransLink buses provide 700,000 passenger trips daily on 201 fixed routes in Metro Vancouver's 695-square-mile service area.

Alberto Cayuela, TransLink's Project Manager, said, "Our agency is committed to the reduction of emission impacts from the operation of our transit fleet. To meet this goal, TransLink works to surpass applicable emission regulations and standards in the procurement of new fleet vehicles, and seeks continuous improvement in emissions from the existing fleet by retrofitting or replacing existing equipment and using cleaner fuels. Our program ranges from an ongoing commitment to zero-emission electric trolleys and an investment in clean diesel/electric hybrids to our new fleet of CNG-powered coaches."

James Harger, Clean Energy Senior Vice President, said, "In Vancouver and in every community and region we serve, Clean Energy is committed to helping reduce health-harming emissions and protecting environmental quality. The North American transit industry's transition from diesel to natural gas power is accelerating in response to the need to curtail emissions, decrease fuel costs, and reduce dependence on imported oil."

Harger explained that natural gas produces up to 23 percent lower greenhouse gas emissions than diesel fuel in heavy-duty vehicles and is domestically sourced in the U.S. and Canada.

Clean Energy is the leading provider of natural gas (CNG and LNG) for transportation in North America. It has a broad customer base in the refuse, transit, ports, shuttle, taxi, trucking, airport and municipal fleet markets, fueling more than 14,000 vehicles daily at 176 strategic locations across the United States and Canada. Clean Energy owns and operates two LNG production plants, one in Willis, TX and one in Boron, CA, with combined capacity of 260,000 LNG gallons per day and designed to expand to 340,000 LNG gallons per day as demand increases. It also owns and operates a landfill gas facility in Dallas, TX that produces renewable biomethane gas for delivery in the nation's gas pipeline network. Please visit www.cleanenergyfuels.com

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 statements about the potential growth of the TransLink CNG bus fleet. 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 budget limitations, availability of vehicles and demand for public transit in the Vancouver metropolitan area. The forward-looking statements made herein speak only as of the date of this press release and the company undertakes no obligation to publicly update such forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.

SOURCE: Clean Energy Fuels Corp.

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