According to the Greater New Haven Clean Cities Coalition, the new LNG fueling station in Connecticut is the first of its kind east of the Mississippi River. Kenworth, the truck maker says, was likewise the first truck manufacturer to offer an LNG fuel system as a Class 8 factory-installed option. The 15-liter, 450-hp Westport GX engine uses 5 percent diesel and 95 percent liquefied natural gas to power the Enviro Express’ T800s. To help prepare Enviro Express for the trucks’ operation and maintenance, dealer MTC Kenworth held a three-day training session for the fleet’s service technicians and drivers. Enviro Express trucks will haul ash in frameless dump trailers from a municipal garbage incineration plant in Bridgeport to a regional landfill 110 miles away, making two trips daily, with each running about 135,000 miles annually. The new fueling station and the trucks’ purchase are part of a four-year, $29.8 million program involving federal and private funding called the Connecticut Clean Cities Future Fuels Project.
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