UPS has announced plans to build an additional six compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling stations and will also add 390 new CNG tractors and terminal trucks and 50 liquefied natural gas (LNG) vehicles to its alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet. For this latest expansion, UPS invested more than $90m.
“With more than 4,400 natural gas vehicles and a network of fueling stations, UPS has had great results using natural gas as an alternative fuel in our fleet,” said Mark Wallace, UPS senior vice president global engineering and sustainability. “We know the importance of investing in natural gas globally for our fleet and the alternative fuel market. In 2016, we used more than 61m gallons of natural gas in our ground fleet, which included 4.6m gallons of renewable natural gas. This helped us to avoid the use of conventional gas and diesel, and decreased CO2 emissions by 100,000 metric tons.”
The six new CNG stations will be built in Ontario, Orlando, Salina, Louisville, Greensboro, North Carolina (all USA); and Vancouver, Canada. Renewable natural gas (RNG) will be used at the station in Ontario to fuel UPS vehicles in the area with renewable compressed natural gas (RCNG).
In 2016, UPS invested $100m in CNG fueling stations and vehicles. UPS currently operates 31 CNG fueling stations in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Nevada, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Tennessee, and West Virginia and runs CNG vehicles in 38 states in the U.S. in addition to vehicles in Germany, the Netherlands and Thailand.
UPS also purchased 50 additional LNG vehicles that were deployed in Indianapolis, Chicago, Earth City and Nashville, where UPS has existing LNG stations. Since 2009, UPS has invested more than $750m in alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles and fueling stations globally.
Source: UPS
