An important aspect of natural gas vehicle deployment in California is the lack of supporting infrastructure. There is limited access to natural gas infrastructure between the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, and the warehousing facilities in the Inland Empire. This enormous barrier deters the adoption or expansion of natural gas advanced technologies by the many goods movement fleets that haul cargo along this heavily traveled Southern California route every day. As a result, Waste Management sought to successfully upgrade its existing limited public access Baldwin Park liquefied natural gas facility located near the intersection of I-210, I-10, and I-605 to accommodate additional liquefied natural gas storage, and to add new liquefied to compressed natural gas fueling. The goal of the upgrades was to provide incentive for heavy-duty trucking fleets to adopt or expand use of natural gas advanced technologies, enable the accelerated replacement of heavy-duty diesel trucks with ultra-low-emission natural gas, further infuse the Southern California regional natural gas refueling infrastructure with locally produced, low-carbon liquefied compressed natural gas, and create and strengthen the necessary web of liquefied natural gas / liquefied compressed natural gas infrastructure across the region and state. Waste Management’s liquefied natural gas/liquefied compressed natural gas upgrade project supports a region-wide transition opportunity for heavy-duty fleets interested in alternative fuels, as well as allows for the reduction of diesel consumption and vehicle emissions in California.
