Clean Energy to Expand Relationship with Gold Coast Transit by Constructing the Agency’s First Hydrogen Station
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. & OXNARD, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq: CLNE) announced that it was awarded a contract to design and build a new hydrogen fueling station for Gold Coast Transit District (GCTD), which serves multiple cities in Ventura County, CA. The contract includes a five-year maintenance agreement for what will be a private station that initially will fuel five fuel cell buses, with plans to eventually transition a fleet of approximately 70 vehicles to zero emissions by 2040. This is part of GCTD’s vision to provide environmentally responsible public transportation.
Chad Lindholm, senior vice president at Clean Energy, said:
Gold Coast Transit and Clean Energy’s partnership to bring healthier living for the people of Ventura County through clean-operating buses goes back years,
“It is very rewarding to work with forward-looking transit agencies like Gold Coast and we are honored that they chose us to take them into hydrogen fueling and fuel cell buses.”
GCTD was awarded $12.1 million by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration to construct a new hydrogen station and purchase hydrogen fuel cell electric buses.
Vanessa Rauschenberger, GCTD General Manager, said:
We look forward to working with Clean Energy through the construction of a new hydrogen station and then rolling out our first zero-emissions fuel cell buses,
“GCTD has always been at the forefront of clean transportation, and transitioning our fleet to include hydrogen-powered buses will enable us to provide Ventura County with even greener transportation options in the years to come.”
The new hydrogen station is expected to be completed in 2027 and will be located at GCTD’s Oxnard facility.
Clean Energy currently maintains GCTD’s natural gas station and provides renewable natural gas (RNG) for their fleet of 61 buses.
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