Compressed
Natural Gas (CNG) Fueling Station

Construction Start: September 2002
Completion Date: August 2003
Cost: $2.8 million
Architect:
Pinnacle CNG Systems, LLC
Status: COMPLETED

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Project Description:

Mineta San José International Airport’s new Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) station is the only CNG station to be owned by a major metropolitan airport in California. The station, located north of Terminal A on Airport Boulevard, was developed primarily for fueling vehicles serving the Airport, but is also open to the public. Open 24-hours-a-day, the Airport CNG station fuels a super ultra low-emission fleet of 20 transit-style Airport shuttle buses, as well as clean fuel taxis and door-to-door shuttle vans.

The new station is equipped with two dispenser islands. Each island has a dispenser capable of fueling four vehicles at a time; three nozzles are for light-duty vehicles and one is for heavy-duty vehicles, such as the Airport’s shuttle buses. The dispensers accept payment from six different credit cards (including VISA, Master Card, Discover and American Express) and boast the latest technology in dispensing and compressing natural gas. The station is designed to dispense up to an equivalent of 2,000,000 gallons per year.

Partial funding was provided through grants from the Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) and the California Energy Commission. Airport revenue sources were used to fund the balance of this project. No local taxes were used to fund this project.