BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- Mirabito Energy Products and Trillium CNG held a ribbon-cutting ceremony earlier this month at their new compressed-natural-gas (CNG) fueling station in Kirkwood, N.Y.
The public-access, Class 8 CNG fueling site is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and it features three dispensers. It's the first CNG fueling site for Mirabito Energy Products, Binghamton, N.Y., which has several divisions in the energy space, including convenience stores, fuel distribution and more recently, natural gas.
Chicago-based Trillium CNG designs, installs and operates CNG fueling stations.
The Kirkwood site will place Trillium one step closer to meeting its goal of building 101 heavy-duty, public access CNG stations by the end of 2016. By end of 2014, it expects to have more than 60 fueling stations.
"We recognize the need to offer customers a cleaner, more cost-effective fuel alternative and are pleased to partner with Trillium CNG," said Joe Mirabito, CEO of Mirabito Energy Products, which invested in the new site with Trillium CNG to supply local fleets. Customers will include Willow Run Foods, a local restaurant food distributor, and Frito-Lay. The CNG station features Trillium CNG's proprietary fast-fill hydraulic intensifier compressor, and it has three fueling lanes, with the potential to expand by two more as demand grows.
"We are proud to partner with Mirabito Energy, Willow Run Foods and Frito-Lay, who recognize the importance of making CNG available in the Binghamton area," said Mary Boettcher, president of Trillium CNG.
According to a report by local news station WBNG, Willow Run Foods acquired 15 CNG-powered trucks in 2013, and had been using a temporary filling station at its distribution center until the Mirabito-Trillium site opened. Frito-Lay plans to convert 60% of its fleet to operate on CNG by the end of 2015. The partners began building the site last October and finished it in May.
Trillium CNG, a provider of CNG to fleets, offers complete facility design, construction, operation and maintenance services.
Mirabito Natural Gas is part of the Mirabito Family of Cos. that operate in eight states with multiple divisions, including natural gas and electric, home energy products and services, wholesale energy products and services, convenience stores and Mirabito truck repair. It's 74 c-stores operate primarily under the Quickway name.
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