Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government posted an RFP for CNG Fueling Services. Proposals will be taken through December 20, 2013.
Request Number: RFP37-2013
For more information call 859-258-3320.
Thorntons Celebrates I-75 Biofuels Corridor
Greg Crowe, Thorntons and Melissa Howell, KCFC handed out information and gift cards at the Thorntons location in Erlanger, Kentucky. Thorntons has newly designed E85 fuel pumps at the site. E85 sold for $1.99 as part of the I-75 Biofuels corridor celebration that included Thorntons sites in Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
Clean Energy Construction on Georgetown LNG Site
Clean Energy continues construction on a new LNG site located in Georgetown.
Photo taken from site November 26, 2013
Air Hydropower Announces CNG Distributorship
Air Hydropower, KCFC Member based in Louisville, is excited to announce a full line distributor for Parker/Snap-Tite Couplers. Snap-Tite is the dominant player in the CNG Fueling Market with select distribution.
Air Hydropower will be ordering inventory to include:
CNG Nozzles & Nozzle Docks, Fill Line Breakaways, and Vent Line Breakaways.
Contact Brian Martel with questions! B.martel@airhydropower.com
Training at Air Hydropower, Louisville for CNG equipment distributing
GE Capital and Clean Energy Form Strategic Alliance to Accelerate Adoption of Natural Gas in Trucking Industry
Melissa Howell named 2013 Sustainability All-Star Award Winner
Melissa Howell, KCFC Executive Director, named 2013 Sustainability All-Star Award Winner at the Green Fleet Conference in Phoenix. Green Fleet magazine noted, “These fleet professionals have reduced greenhouse gas emissions, created green fleet and sustainability policies, and have dedicated their time and energy to ensuring the path to sustainability is clear.”
For more information: 2013 Sustainability All-Star Award Winners Announced at Green Fleet Conference
Speedway E85 Refueling Grand Opening, Elizabethtown
Speedway, the Kentucky CornGrowers and KCFC celebrated the addition of E85 refueling at the 1040 North Mulberry, Elizabethtown, KY retail site.
From 4:00 – 6:00 pm – special E85 fuel pricing as well as additional incentives will be featured.
Roush CleanTech Launches Demonstrator Loaner Vehicle Program
ROUSH CleanTech has established a Demonstrator Loaner Vehicle Program. They are providing a propane autogas vehicle for one week for anyone interested. There are a few guidelines for the program, but their goal is have as many people test driving propane autogas vehicles as possible. Ford trucks, vans and chassis cabs to travel across the country visiting potential customers.
How to Request a Vehicle
All requests must be documented and submitted on the Vehicle Request Form to ROUSH CleanTech Marketing at propane@roush.com. Once ROUSH CleanTech receives a completed request form, the requester will be notified of receipt.
For more information contact Chelsea Uphaus: (734)466-6710 or chelsea.johnston@roush.com
Ground Broken for LNG Site in Georgetown Kentucky
Construction has begun at 110 Tri Port Road (photo below) for Kentucky’s first LNG refueling station. The site is part of the America’s Natural Gas Highway project, an initiative by Clean Energy that includes 150 sites nationwide. The location is adjacent to the Pilot retail fueling facility.
A second site has been identified at 4626 Preston Avenue, Louisville as Kentucky’s next LNG site as part of the Clean Energy initiative.
Stay tuned for more details.
For more information: www.cnglngstations.com or reach out to Brian Wennerstrom at bwennerstrom@cleanenergyfuels.com
UPS to Expand Natural Gas Footprint
Thirteen new LNG fueling stations to be operational by the end of 2014.
UPS announced today plans to invest approximately $50 million to build an additional nine liquefied natural gas (LNG) fueling stations, bringing the total number of stations to 13. Four were announced in April, and all should be operational by the end of 2014.