Chevron USA, a subsidiary of Chevron Company, introduced definitive agreements to provide gas linked to renewable pure fuel for a Walmart Inc. demonstration of Cummins’s new 15-liter pure fuel engine for heavy-duty vans (earlier put up).
As a part of the agreements, Walmart will present heavy-duty vans for Cummins to combine with the brand new 15-liter pure fuel engine, the X15N, which runs on compressed pure fuel (CNG). After taking supply, Walmart will field-test the completed vans at its distribution heart in Fontana, California, with Chevron supplying the vans with CNG linked to renewable pure fuel.
Renewable pure fuel is produced when biomethane from decomposing natural matter—reminiscent of cow manure or landfill waste—is captured, handled and positioned into the pure fuel community. Uncaptured methane is greater than 25 occasions as potent as carbon dioxide at trapping warmth within the environment. Chevron has partnerships with Brightmark LLC and California Bioenergy LLC to supply renewable pure fuel from dairy farms, which underneath California’s Low Carbon Gas Normal can qualify as carbon detrimental on a lifecycle foundation. Chevron will likely be liable for linking the renewable pure fuel to the CNG disbursed by Walmart into its pure fuel vans.
Chevron has positioned itself to assist main fleet operators like Walmart of their efforts to decarbonize their transportation operations by way of the usage of CNG linked to renewable pure fuel. As we proceed to quickly develop our renewable pure fuel enterprise, we intention to leverage the facility of our partnerships to the advantage of new and current clients who search decrease carbon transportation options.
—Andy Walz, president of Americas Fuels & Lubricants for Chevron
In September 2021, Chevron and Cummins expanded their memorandum of understanding to incorporate new strategic priorities regarding renewable pure fuel, with an preliminary give attention to making the transition to pure fuel engines simpler for fleets by bettering gas availability whereas permitting them to decrease the lifecycle carbon depth of their operations.
