Waste-to-Energy Firm Covanta, Clean Energy Open CNG Station in New Jersey

Allan Gerlat, News Editor

June 6, 2013

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Waste-to-energy firm Covanta Energy Corp. and Clean Energy Fuels Corp. opened a compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station in Newark, N.J., to serve waste and recycling trucks in northern New Jersey and New York City.

It’s the first station built as part of the partnership between the Morristown, N.J.-based Covanta and the Seal Beach, Calif.-based Clean Energy to expand the CNG fueling structure across the United States, according to a news release.

The Newark station was built and will be maintained by Clean Energy on the site of Covanta’s waste-to-energy facility.

“This new CNG station is an important step in building out necessary infrastructure to support the transition to modern fleets of garbage trucks fueled by natural gas, and that transition will provide economic and environmental benefits to the communities we serve,” said Anthony Orlando, Covanta president and CEO.

“This partnership is expected to enable more fleets and customers around the country to take advantage of the economic benefits of natural gas while reducing their carbon footprint in the community – a true win-win,” said Andrew Littlefair, Clean Energy president and CEO.

The Newark fueling station is partially funded by a U.S. Department of Energy federal stimulus grant.

 

About the Author

Allan Gerlat

News Editor, Waste360

Allan Gerlat joined the Waste360 staff in September 2011 as news editor. He was the editor of Waste & Recycling News for the first 16 years of its history, and under his guidance the publication won 27 national and regional awards.

Before Waste & Recycling News, Allan worked at another Crain Communications publication, Rubber & Plastics News, which covers rubber product manufacturing. He began with the publication as associate editor and eventually became managing editor, a position he held for nine years.

Allan is a graduate of Ohio University, where he earned a BS in journalism. He is based in Sagamore Hills, in northeast Ohio.

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