Clean Energy Fuels expands Boron LNG plant in California

Nasdaq-listed Clean Energy Fuels announced on June 11 that the construction of a third production train at its LNG plant in Boron, California, has been completed, increasing the plant’s volume capacity by 50%.

The Boron plant now has the capacity to produce up to 270,000 gallons/day of LNG. The addition of the third production train will allow the supply to meet the growing demand for bulk LNG by customers looking to decarbonise everything from city buses to large container ships, the company said.

A Clean Energy customer, Pasha Hawaii, is now operating three LNG-powered container ships out of the Ports of Long Beach, Oakland, and Honolulu. The volume of fuel that the MV George II, MV George III, and MV Janet Marie have consumed has grown from 526,486 gallons of LNG in August 2022, when Pasha Hawaii’s first LNG-powered ship was commissioned, to 2,115,726 gallons in April 2024.

“Pasha Hawaii’s leadership in sustainable shipping has grown with the commissioning of their third LNG-powered ship. By growing their LNG fleet, they are reducing pollution and carbon emissions around the ports and showing that LNG can work as effectively as their fuel oil counterpart,” said Greg Roche, vice president at Clean Energy.

Not only can fuelling with LNG improve air quality around the ports, which often have some of the worst air pollution in the country, but by operating on LNG, all three Pasha Hawaii ships surpass the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) 2030 standards for ocean vessels with zero sulfur emissions. Pasha’s LNG ships also achieve a 90% reduction in nitrogen oxide and a 25% reduction in carbon dioxide compared to ships running on traditional fuels, Clean Energy Fuels said.