Transcript Las Cruces Natural Gas Fueling Fleet Workshop, Tuesday

Greening Garbage Trucks
New Technologies for Cleaner and Healthier Cities
Teleconference: US Conference of Mayors, March 23, 2005
Joanna D. Underwood
President, INFORM
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Background
INFORM is an independent research
organization founded in 1974
 It identifies environmentally sustainable ways of doing business
 It offers thoroughly investigated, innovative, and effective options
for change
 It collaborates to promote environmental progress
 Noteworthy INFORM Transportation publications include:
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Drive for Clean Air (1990)
Paving the Way to Natural Gas Vehicles (1992)
Harnessing Hydrogen (1995)
Bus Futures (2000)
Greening Garbage Trucks (2002)
The Transportation Boom in Asia (2005)
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Features of the Garbage
Truck Market
Garbage trucks are among the oldest, least
fuel efficient, and most polluting U.S. fleet
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Approximately 179,000 vehicles: 136,000 collection
trucks, 12,000 transfer trucks, and 31,000 recycling
trucks
There are twice as many garbage trucks in the US as
there are urban transit vehicles.
40% of garbage trucks are more than 10 years old.
A garbage truck logs an average of 25,000 miles a
year, the fleet travels 3.4 billion miles a year.
Garbage trucks get the lowest mileage of any vehicle
type: 2.8 miles per gallon
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Why fleets are switching the
natural gas garbage trucks
Drivers Behind Switch to Natural Gas Trucks
 Surest compliance with clean air regulations
 Addresses urban concerns about asthma
and cancer risk
 Improves quality of life (trucks are50-98%
quieter)
 Economic feasibility:
 Federal funds help cover incremental
vehicle costs and fueling infrastructure
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Findings: Pioneering Natural
Gas Fleets
INFORM survey of fleets operating alternative
fuel garbage trucks in 2002, updated in 2004
 Natural
gas is most common commercial
alternative fuel used
 Natural
gas engines developed for buses making
its way into the refuse hauler market
 Short
daily routes and central refueling are
conducive to use of natural gas
 Still,
less than 1 percent of the garbage trucks in
the US operate on natural gas
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Findings: 2002 Natural Gas
Garbage Truck Fleets
26 Fleets, 692 Natural Gas Trucks
Location
Anaheim, CA
Bakersfield, CA
Berkeley, CA
Corona, CA
Fairfield, CA
Fontana, CA
Fresno, CA
Irvine, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Moreno Valley, CA
Napa, CA
New York, NY
Oakland, CA
Palm Desert, CA
2002 Fleet
50
5
4
27
34
25
9
29
10
27
6
36
22
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Location
2002 Fleet
Palmdale, CA
9
San Diego, CA
77
San Diego, CA
122
San Francisco, CA
15
San Gabriel, CA
31
Santa Rosa, CA
4
Simi Valley, CA
32
Santa Monica, CA
20
Sunnyvale, CA
24
Washington, DC
1
Washington, PA
7
Yucca Valley, CA
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Total
692
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Findings: Expansion of 2002 Fleets
by 2004
966 Natural Gas Trucks, Up 40%
10 Larger Fleets, 6 Smaller
Location
Anaheim, CA
Bakersfield, CA
Berkeley, CA
Corona, CA
Fairfield, CA
Fontana, CA
Fresno, CA
Irvine, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Moreno Valley, CA
Napa, CA
New York, NY
Oakland, CA
Palm Desert, CA
2002
50
5
4
27
34
25
9
29
10
27
6
36
22
60
2004 Change
50
0
5
0
4
0
35
8
35
1
25
0
9
0
29
0
260
250
30
3
6
0
46
10
19
-3
63
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Location
Palmdale, CA
San Diego, CA
San Diego, CA
San Francisco, CA
San Gabriel, CA
Santa Rosa, CA
Simi Valley, CA
Santa Monica, CA
Sunnyvale, CA
Washington, DC
Washington, PA
Yucca Valley, CA
Total
2002
9
77
122
15
31
4
32
20
24
1
7
6
692
2004 Change
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3
77
0
126
4
14
-1
27
-4
0
-4
34
2
32
12
26
2
1
0
0
-7
1
-5
966
274
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Summary of 2004 Update
Strong Growth in Existing and New Natural
Gas Fleets Since 2002
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40% growth in 2002 fleets, 274 net new trucks
26 new fleets since 2002, 382 new trucks
1,308 natural gas trucks now in 3 states
89 percent growth in 2 years
LNG emerging as fuel of choice (79% in 2004, up from
68% in 2002)
 California, Texas, and Massachusetts lead
 INFORM’s 2002 projection seems conservative—
natural gas is very strong
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Findings: Natural Gas Garbage
Truck Use Slowly Increasing
INFORM Projected in 2002 Natural Gas
Refuse Truck Fleet to Triple by 2010
2500
2221
2000
1500
1000
692
500
240
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Fleet in 1998 (est.)
Fleet in 2002
Fleet in 2010 (projected)
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Observations
Natural Gas Fleets: A Winning Urban Strategy
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Natural gas trucks are commercial options today.
Garbage trucks - centrally refueled and traveling short
distances - make fueling infrastructure viable.
Significant funding can offset the costs of implementation.
Success relies on partnerships with fuel suppliers, refueling
infrastructure builders, vehicle providers, and funding
sources.
Natural gas, a domestically plentiful fuel, helps reduce fleet
reliance on imported oil.
Natural gas use paves the way for a future transition to
hydrogen.
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A Viable Path to Hydrogen
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Please visit INFORM’s website for more information:
www.informinc.org
Joanna D. Underwood
phone (212) 361-2400 ex. 222
[email protected]
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