Clean Energy Secures Contract from New Jersey's Atlantic County Utilities Authority to Build and Maintain New Public Access Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Fueling Station

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--New CNG Facility Will Provide 24/7 Fueling for Refuse Trucks, Municipal and Private Fleets--

SEAL BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Atlantic County Utilities Authority (ACUA), a southern New Jersey-based services authority providing waste management and recycling services in Atlantic County, has awarded a contract to Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq: CLNE) to design, build, and maintain a new public access compressed natural gas (CNG) fuel station. The facility will operate 24/7 to support ACUA's growing fleet of CNG refuse trucks, as well as municipal and private CNG fleet vehicles in the area.

Committed to helping preserve environmental quality, ACUA will transition its fleet of refuse collection trucks from diesel to clean-burning natural gas power. Natural gas produces up to 23 percent lower greenhouse gas emissions than diesel fuel in heavy-duty vehicles, and up to 30 percent lower greenhouse gas emissions than gasoline fuel in light-duty and medium duty vehicles.

ACUA has secured a $1.9 million award from grant funds allocated by the Department of Energy's Clean Cities Recovery Act, which will help defer the costs of constructing the fast-fill CNG station and acquiring new CNG refuse collection trucks. ACUA serves commercial and residential customers in South New Jersey's Atlantic County, which includes Atlantic City. The new Clean Energy CNG fuel station will be located on ACUA property in Egg Harbor Township. Construction is slated to begin early in 2010.

James Harger, Clean Energy Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, said, "We are delighted to have this opportunity to work with the Atlantic County Utilities Authority to support their efforts to curb harmful air pollution and global warming emissions. The Authority is an established environmental leader -- a fact that is clearly demonstrated by their decision to opt for clean, green natural gas fuel for its refuse fleet."

Clean Energy (Nasdaq: CLNE) 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 17,500 vehicles at 195 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 methane gas or biomethane for delivery in the nation's gas pipeline network. Clean Energy also owns and operates BAF of Dallas, TX, a leading provider of natural gas vehicle systems and conversions for taxis, limousines, vans, pick-up trucks and shuttle buses. 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 growth in the number of natural gas refuse trucks and vehicles that will use the station, the amount of natural gas fuel consumed by ACUA and the commencement of construction of the station. 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 the availability and performance of the natural gas vehicles, ACUA's natural gas vehicle procurement process and permitting and delays in the timing of the station construction 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.

Released November 20, 2009