California Clean Fuels upgraded an existing 24-hour, 7-day per week public access compressed natural gas station with a state-of-the-art dispenser and design improvements to increase the quantity of vehicles fueled at the station.
The California Clean Fuels station is at 15330 Woodruff Avenue in Bellflower California, near the 91, 5, 605, 710 and 105 freeways, on Bellflower Unified School District property. The upgrade significantly improves California Clean Fuels' ability to serve increasing numbers of heavy-duty fleet vehicles, including school buses that travel nearby transportation corridors.
This project enhances the state's compressed natural gas fueling infrastructure network by providing a reliable source of compressed natural gas while reducing the amount of time required to fuel each vehicle. The upgraded station fuel dispensing rate estimate of more than 500,000 gasoline gallon equivalent/year within the first full year of operation was met during the project demonstration period in fall 2014 and winter 2015. The associated greenhouse gas emission reduction was roughly 2,100 metric tons (2,300 short tons) per year. The project reduces criteria pollutant emissions continually since fleets of school buses and trucks use the fuel instead of diesel. Finally, the project increases awareness of and access to compressed natural gas as a vehicle fuel.
