Clean Energy opens first fueling site of its NGV partnership with Covanta

“Covanta is proud to partner with Clean Energy and the New Jersey Clean Cities Coalition in the installation of the new fueling station at our Energy-from-Waste Facility. This 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, president and CEO of Covanta Energy.

Senior government officials, business executives and community leaders attended the grand opening ceremonies, which took place at the Covanta Essex Resource Recovery Facility at 66 Blanchard Street in Newark’s East Ward. This Clean Energy and Covanta CNG nationwide project is partially funded by a U.S. Department of Energy Federal Stimulus Grant through the New Jersey Clean Cities Coalition.

“Our overriding mission is to set a national standard for urban transformation – a goal that includes improving environmental quality through transitioning to clean energy fuels for city vehicle fleets,” said Newark Mayor Cory Booker. “To this end, we are moving forward with a major program to replace our existing fleet of diesel-powered garbage trucks and street sweepers with new cleaner-operating CNG-fueled trucks. Our new fleet will fuel up here at the Clean Energy/Covanta natural gas fueling station.”

Source: Covanta Energy