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Released June 13, 2024 | SUGAR LAND
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Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Clean Energy Fuels Corporation (NASDAQ:CLNE) (Newport Beach, California), a supplier of alternative fuels, said it was expanding operations to cater to regional shippers looking to clean up their act.
Clean Energy operates a small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in Boron, California, yielding only around 36,000 cubic feet of LNG per day. That's compared to the Freeport LNG facility, which can produce around 2.2 billion cubic feet of product per day.
Clean Energy said Tuesday, however, it expected to expand the plant's capacity by 50% with the construction of a third train, where new volumes will help shippers looking for cleaner fuels.
"The addition of more LNG production at our Boron facility will give us the capacity to allow other customers the ability to decarbonize their operations," said Greg Roche, a vice president at Clean Energy.
One of its customers, Pasha Hawaii (Honolulu, Hawaii), operates three LNG-powered container ships from ports in California and Hawaii. As such, its appetite for LNG has increased by around 300% since 2022, when its first LNG-powered vessel was commissioned.
"Not only can fueling with LNG significantly and immediately improve air quality around the ports, which often have some of the worst air pollution in the country, but by operating on LNG, all three Pasha Hawaii ships surpass the International Maritime Organizations (IMO) 2030 standards for ocean vessels with zero sulfur emissions," Clean Energy explained.
The U.N.-backed IMO wants to see shippers cut their carbon emissions by 40%, relative to 2008 levels, by 2030. At least 5% of the fuels used by shippers, meanwhile, need to come from zero or near-zero emission technologies by the end of the decade as well.
Shippers can use a variety of options, from onboard exhaust cleaning systems called scrubbers, to alternative fuels such as LNG, methanol and even wind.
Pasha's LNG-powered container vessels have 90% fewer emissions of nitrogen oxide and 25% fewer carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions than ships powered by conventional fuels.
"Pasha Hawaii's leadership in sustainable shipping has grown with the commissioning of their third LNG-powered ship," Roche at Clean Energy said. "By growing their LNG-fleet, they are reducing pollution and carbon emissions around the ports and showing that LNG can work as effectively as their fuel oil counterpart."
Dutch multinational energy company Vitol (Rotterdam) said Monday that no single technology or fuel can solve the emissions strategy for maritime shippers, however. Smaller vessels may turn to hydrogen fuels, while larger vessels would gravitate toward biofuels, for example. For more information, see June 11, 2024, article - Vitol Says Diversity Is Key for Cleaner Fuels for Shippers.
Clean Energy Fuels claims to be the largest provider of clean fuels to the transportation market, one of the most carbon-intensive sectors of the global economy. It supplies mostly renewable natural gas (RNG), a product derived from the methane emitted during the decomposition of organic matter.
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Clean Energy operates a small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in Boron, California, yielding only around 36,000 cubic feet of LNG per day. That's compared to the Freeport LNG facility, which can produce around 2.2 billion cubic feet of product per day.
Clean Energy said Tuesday, however, it expected to expand the plant's capacity by 50% with the construction of a third train, where new volumes will help shippers looking for cleaner fuels.
"The addition of more LNG production at our Boron facility will give us the capacity to allow other customers the ability to decarbonize their operations," said Greg Roche, a vice president at Clean Energy.
One of its customers, Pasha Hawaii (Honolulu, Hawaii), operates three LNG-powered container ships from ports in California and Hawaii. As such, its appetite for LNG has increased by around 300% since 2022, when its first LNG-powered vessel was commissioned.
"Not only can fueling with LNG significantly and immediately improve air quality around the ports, which often have some of the worst air pollution in the country, but by operating on LNG, all three Pasha Hawaii ships surpass the International Maritime Organizations (IMO) 2030 standards for ocean vessels with zero sulfur emissions," Clean Energy explained.
The U.N.-backed IMO wants to see shippers cut their carbon emissions by 40%, relative to 2008 levels, by 2030. At least 5% of the fuels used by shippers, meanwhile, need to come from zero or near-zero emission technologies by the end of the decade as well.
Shippers can use a variety of options, from onboard exhaust cleaning systems called scrubbers, to alternative fuels such as LNG, methanol and even wind.
Pasha's LNG-powered container vessels have 90% fewer emissions of nitrogen oxide and 25% fewer carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions than ships powered by conventional fuels.
"Pasha Hawaii's leadership in sustainable shipping has grown with the commissioning of their third LNG-powered ship," Roche at Clean Energy said. "By growing their LNG-fleet, they are reducing pollution and carbon emissions around the ports and showing that LNG can work as effectively as their fuel oil counterpart."
Dutch multinational energy company Vitol (Rotterdam) said Monday that no single technology or fuel can solve the emissions strategy for maritime shippers, however. Smaller vessels may turn to hydrogen fuels, while larger vessels would gravitate toward biofuels, for example. For more information, see June 11, 2024, article - Vitol Says Diversity Is Key for Cleaner Fuels for Shippers.
Clean Energy Fuels claims to be the largest provider of clean fuels to the transportation market, one of the most carbon-intensive sectors of the global economy. It supplies mostly renewable natural gas (RNG), a product derived from the methane emitted during the decomposition of organic matter.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of industrial market intelligence. Since 1983, IIR has provided comprehensive research, news and analysis on the industrial process, manufacturing and energy related industries. IIR's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) helps companies identify and pursue trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated plant and project opportunities. Across the world, IIR is tracking over 200,000 current and future projects worth $17.8 Trillion (USD).
