Clean Fuel News

Town of Hornbeck's CNG Station Open for Business

Posted by admin on 05/01/2017 12:00 am  /   CNG, Louisiana News

By Rachel SteffanVia Leesville Daily Leader Hornbeck’s compressed natural gas station in Leesville is now officially open. After a ribbon-cutting on Wednesday, people loaded up in a CNG Blue Bird bus and went for a ride to experience the difference. This was followed by an informational pr...

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NuBlu Energy Begins Construction of LNG Plant in Port Allen, LA

Posted by admin on 03/02/2017 12:00 am  /   Louisiana News

NUBLU ENERGY BEGINS CONSTRUCTION OF LNG PLANT IN PORT ALLEN, LA WHAT: NuBlu Energy Groundbreaking Ceremony WHEN: Friday, March 10, 2017, 11:00 am WHERE: 3450 S Riverview Road, Port Allen, LA 70767 NuBlu Energy is pleased to announce the construction of a natural gas liquefaction plant in Port ...

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Entergy News Room | Entergy Louisiana Among Louisiana Clean Fuel Leader Award Winners

Entergy Louisiana Among Louisiana Clean Fuel Leader Award Winners LAFAYETTE, La. – Entergy Louisiana, LLC was among the companies honored by Louisiana Clean Fuels for its work to reduce emissions from its vehicle fleet. The company received the Utility Fleet of the Year award during the rece...

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Diamond Green Diesel Expanding Production to 275 Million Gallons Annually

Posted by admin on 04/19/2016 10:10 am  /   Bio Fuels, Clean Fuels Infrastructure, Louisiana News

Darling Ingredients Inc. is expanding the Diamond Green Diesel (DGD) facility in Norco, La., to increase annual production capacity from 160 million gallons of renewable diesel to 275 million gallons. The incremental cost per gallon of renewable diesel production for the expansion is estimated to...

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Lafayette Daily Advertiser: Official wants to up vehicles’ use of CNG

BATON ROUGE — Secretary of the Department of Environmental Quality Chuck Brown wants to make the use of compressed natural gas the go-to fuel for fleets of trucks and buses across the state. Pointing out the bus system in Lafayette and the waste management trucks in Baton Rouge and New Orleans...

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No car? How about car-sharing? LSU students, others now have that option

Posted by admin on 03/16/2016 4:06 pm  /   Louisiana News

BY REBEKAH ALLEN | [email protected] For people who don’t have a car in Baton Rouge, their options historically have been limited to walking, biking or taking the bus. But a car-sharing service that started Tuesday will give people one more option. ...

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CATS to buy 12 buses a year, replacing its aging fleet by 2020

Posted by admin on 03/16/2016 1:41 pm  /   Electric Vehicles, Louisiana News

Capital Area Transit Authority leaders on Wednesday discussed plans to replace their aging fleet in the coming years and entertained the possibility of, in a few years, switching to electric buses. Standard industry practice is to retire a city bus after 12 years, said CATS CEO Bob Mirabito. The ...

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Louisiana Clean Fuels Board Election Results

Posted by Victoria on 12/04/2015 1:23 pm  /   Clean Cities and Communities, Louisiana News

Thank you to all of the Lousiana Clean Fuels Members who participated in the LCF Board of Directors election! Per LCF bylaws, 9 of the 11 seats were open for election; 7 incumbents were on the ballot. All dues paying members and members of the LCF Board of Directors received a ballot. Four inc...

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The Advocate's Views: New roles for natural gas, including on the road, will help Louisiana’s growing natural gas industry

Posted by admin on 09/28/2015 12:08 pm  /   CNG, Electric Vehicles, Louisiana News

The price of oil is sharply down from last year, but if there’s one thing Louisiana has still got, it’s lots of natural gas at a historically low price level. That is of course good news for the metropolitan areas of the state, including big refineries in Baton Rouge and Lake Charle...

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TruStar Energy Opens Public CNG Fueling Station in Lafayette, LA

Posted by admin on 09/23/2015 9:43 am  /   CNG, Louisiana News

TruStar Energy Opens Public CNG Fueling Station in Lafayette, LA (Lafayette, LA) September 23, 2015 - TruStar Energy, one of the nation’s leading developers of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) fueling stations, announced today that it has opened a company-owned public CNG fueling station at 515 E...

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WBRZ: New "green" dorm for purple and gold LSU

BATON ROUGE - Some incoming LSU students get to experience the newest in living arrangements with an eco-friendly dorm. Cypress Hall is the first dormitory hall that's trying to go "green." It's a new dorm built from the ground-up with recycled products and designed to be energy efficient. From sol...

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NGT News: Louisiana CNG Station Reopens After Major Facelift

Louisiana Clean Fuels members Sparq Natural Gas and Entergy, along with Lavigne Oil Co., have completed site upgrades and facility improvements at an existing compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station in Baton Rouge, La. Last November, Sparq announced it was spearheading the upgrade and expansio...

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LCF Featured in LADEQ's May Newsletter: Air Quality Awareness Week

Posted by admin on 05/29/2015 11:51 am  /   Louisiana News



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Press Release: Louisiana Clean Fuels Honors Republic with Fleet of the Year Award

Posted by admin on 05/27/2015 1:35 pm  /   Louisiana News

Republic is expected to soon become the largest CNG fleet operator in Louisiana May 26, 2015 BATON ROUGE, La., May 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Republic Services of Baton Rouge has been awarded the prestigious Fleet of the Year Award by Louisiana Clean Fuels. Republic's Baton Rouge collection ...

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NBC33 Covers the 2015 Louisiana Alternative Fuels Conference & Expo

Posted by admin on 05/26/2015 3:48 pm  /   Louisiana News

By Tim [email protected] 22, 2015

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The Advocate | Taylor Swift concert forces alt fuels conference to find new site

Posted by admin on 05/19/2015 5:34 pm  /   Louisiana News

Shake it off — Taylor Swift concert forces alt fuels conference to find new site May 19, 2015BY TED GRIGGS| [email protected] Road closures for pop music magnate Taylor Swift’s concert Friday forced the Louisiana Alternative Fuels Conference & Expo to find an, uh, alternative...

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The Advocate | New fuel sources in vehicles bring about need for additional training for emergency responders

Posted by admin on 04/09/2015 1:39 pm  /   Louisiana News

New fuel sources in vehicles bring about need for additional training for emergency respondersGrant to help educate responders on alternative fuel source vehicles AMY WOLD| [email protected] April 8, 2015 http://theadvocate.com/news/12015792-123/new-fuel-sources-in-vehicles The article...

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Clean Cities Now Newsletter: Vol 18., No 2

Posted by admin on 03/02/2015 3:33 pm  /   Louisiana News, National News

Get the latest issue of the quarterly "Clean Cities Now" newsletter! Download the PDF

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UNO report recommends CATS make long term switch to electric buses

Posted by admin on 01/19/2015 10:01 pm  /   Louisiana News

UNO report recommends CATS make long term switch to electric buses by Rebekah Allen, The Advocate [email protected] Advocate staff photo by ANGELA MAJOR -- CATS buses are parked in the terminal Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. Capital Area Transit System buses use 2,000 gallons of fuel pe...

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Republic Services featured in National Fuels Fix!

Posted by admin on 01/12/2015 1:35 pm  /   Louisiana News, National News

Flip to page 31 to read about Louisiana Clean Fuels Stakeholder Republic Services' conversion to CNG!

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