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.

“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,” said Chad Lindholm, senior vice president at Clean Energy Fuels Corp.

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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.

“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,” said Vanessa Rauschenberger, GCTD General Manager. “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.

About Clean Energy

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. is the country’s largest provider of the cleanest fuel for the transportation market. Our mission is to decarbonize transportation through the development and delivery of renewable natural gas (RNG), a sustainable fuel derived by capturing methane from organic waste. Clean Energy allows thousands of vehicles, from airport shuttles to city buses to waste and heavy-duty trucks, to reduce their amount of climate-harming greenhouse gas. We operate a vast network of fueling stations across the U.S. and Canada as well as RNG production facilities at dairy farms.