Clean Energy Initiates Natural Gas Fueling Services with Refuse Operators in Texas,...

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Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:30am EST

Clean Energy Initiates Natural Gas Fueling Services with Refuse Operators in Texas, New York and California

    National Deployment of CNG Refuse Vehicles Continues to Expand
SEAL BEACH, Calif.--(Business Wire)--Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq:CLNE), North America's leader in
clean transportation, has completed agreements to begin compressed
natural gas (CNG) fueling services with four refuse operators across
the country.

   "These contracts indicate the wide scope of interest in natural
gas vehicles for this industry nationwide as natural gas is proven
cleaner to operate and cheaper to use," said Andrew J. Littlefair,
Clean Energy President and CEO. "In all cases, these are only initial
deployments of natural gas vehicles in fleets that are expected to
grow in size as older diesel trucks are replaced.

   "Less than 18 months ago, only California had refuse operators
using natural gas fuel. Today, industry acceptance of natural gas
fueled trucks is becoming enthusiastic and widespread," Littlefair
noted.

   In Texas, Clean Energy has been awarded the contract by the City
of San Antonio to design, build and operate the city's first
compressed natural gas (CNG) refueling station, which will initially
fuel 15 refuse trucks and is expected to expand to fuel 30 refuse
trucks by next year. This move will make the city's CNG refuse fleet
the largest in Texas. The city has an option to purchase 60 more CNG
refuse trucks in FY 2009 and could potentially construct two more CNG
refueling stations at two additional city maintenance facilities. San
Antonio utilized federal and state funding opportunities to assist
with the station and vehicle cost. The city was able to take advantage
of the federal alternative vehicle credits by instructing refuse truck
dealers to pass along the tax credit savings to the city in their
truck price bids. In addition, the city utilized state grant funding
from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to assist
with the station cost.

   In New York, two Brooklyn-based paper collection and recycling
companies, Metropolitan Paper and Filco Carting, have become the first
commercial carters to purchase CNG trucks in New York City. Each
company purchased three CNG trucks. In 2007, Clean Energy was awarded
grant funding from the New York State Energy Research and Development
Authority (NYSERDA) to assist Metropolitan Paper's purchase of 12 CNG
trucks over the next 18 months and build a state-of-the-art CNG
fueling facility on its property. Clean Energy Finance, a subsidiary
of Clean Energy, will provide financing for the six trucks.

   In California, CalMet Services Inc. (CalMet), a waste collection
services provider in Southern California, has partnered with Clean
Energy to deploy 25 CNG refuse trucks over two years. Clean Energy's
state-of-the-art station will initially dispense an estimated 250,000
gallons of natural gas annually and will be designed to accommodate
future growth. CalMet is following through on its mission "to provide
high quality, competitively priced rubbish collection, recycling, and
disposal services that are environmentally responsible and in a manner
which is safe for our customers and employees."

   Also in California, Ware Disposal, Inc. is initiating its use of
natural gas vehicles by deploying its first two CNG trucks now and
taking delivery of nine more CNG trucks in March 2008. All of the
trucks will refuel within the Clean Energy public access fueling
station network. Clean Energy also is financing the trucks for Ware
Disposal through Clean Energy Finance.

   About Clean Energy

   Clean Energy, based in Seal Beach, Calif., is the leading provider
of natural gas (CNG and LNG) for transportation in North America. It
has a broad customer base in the refuse, transit, ports, shuttle,
taxi, intrastate and interstate trucking, airport and municipal fleet
markets, fueling more than 14,000 vehicles daily at over 175 strategic
locations across the United States and Canada. Information at:
www.cleanenergyfuels.com.

   Forward-Looking Statements

   This news release contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that involve risks,
uncertainties and assumptions. Actual results and the timing of events
could differ materially from those anticipated in these
forward-looking statements, including the anticipated adoption rate of
CNG vehicles by the varied operators. The forward-looking statements
made herein speak only as of the date of this press release and the
company undertakes no obligation to publicly update such
forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or
circumstances.

Clean Energy Fuels Corp.
News Media
Christine Thomas, 310-559-4955, ext. 103
310-922-5897 (cell)
cthomas@cleanenergyfuels.com
or
Investors
John Mills/Ina McGuinness, 310-954-1100

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