The wheels on the bus go ‘round and ‘round – all with liquefied natural gas (LNG)

LNG CASE STUDY

A direct route to cleaner, affordable energy

Since 2018, when we got the green light to pilot compressed natural gas (CNG) to fuel the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) fleet, five of the island country’s iconic bright yellow buses have been taking a direct route to improving their economic and environmental footprint.

We partnered with JUTC and the government of Jamaica, to launch the country’s first clean-burning, natural-gas-powered buses at the Montego Bay Metro Bus Company, plus a gas station in Portmore, St. Catherine that can fuel up to 25 buses a day. Each bus uses about 100 gallons of gas daily, making eight-minute pit stops to fuel up.

The new buses reduce emissions and pollution, creating a generally cleaner and safer environment.¹

“This is indeed a significant milestone for our transport system and importantly, for our environment,” says Paul Abrahams, Managing Director for JUTC.

Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness also praised the project, noting that it is helping put his country “on track to achieve an ambitious goal, which is to have at least 50 percent of our electricity generation from renewables or cleaner fuels.”

We are thrilled to be active in Jamaica, where we’re also supplying natural gas, end-to-end logistics, financing, and infrastructure solutions to Jamaica Public Service (JPS) and Clarendon Distillers, part of National Rums of Jamaica.² The country is continuing to blaze new trails with transformative energy investments that help grow the economy and protect the environment, and now that we’ve introduced natural gas to the public transportation sector, we are well on the road to helping further reduce harmful emissions and pollution, as well as costs, by using cleaner, more affordable fuels.

1. Cost savings are based on the customer’s reported estimates of savings in US dollars. Emissions savings and equipment efficiency are based on customer’s reports of savings and benefits of switching to LNG. There can be no assurance that other customers or future customers will achieve similar results and actual results could differ materially. The results of any particular customer are not representative of the results of customers as a whole, and as our operating history is limited, past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results and should not be relied upon for any reason.

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