TruckingInfo’s Jim Park writes about Ozinga Energy’s newest CNG station in Des Plaines, IL.
Des Plaines gets new CNG Station
October 31, 2014
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Tim Ozinga
CNG@www.ozinga.com
(708) 478-2950
OZINGA ENERGY OPENS PUBLIC ACCESS NATURAL GAS FUELING STATION NEAR O?HARE AIRPORT
DES PLAINES, Il. Oct 28, 2014 ? Ozinga Energy proudly announces the grand opening of their latest compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station located near Chicago?s O?Hare International Airport.
A division of Mokena, Illinois-based Ozinga Bros., Inc., Ozinga Energy already operates two additional CNG stations in Mokena and Chicago, as well as one in Gary, Indiana.
The station includes multiple fill spaces for Ozinga?s large fleet of CNG concrete mixers as well as two publicly accessible CNG fuel pumps with credit and fleet card readers. It is open 24 hours a day and is both covered and well-lit at night.
The grand opening ceremony began with a ribbon cutting by Des Plaines Alderman Mike Charewicz and was followed by remarks from Darwin Burkhart, member of the Illinois EPA and Chicago Area Clean Cities, Des Plaines Alderman Mark Walsten, and Ozinga president Marty Ozinga IV.
Burkhart and Walsten congratulated Ozinga on the stations opening, with Walsten noting that natural gas fueling is ?the wave of the future.?
Ozinga Energy plans to open additional CNG fueling stations at other Ozinga Ready Mix locations throughout the greater Chicago area.
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About Ozinga Energy
Ozinga Energy is the Midwest?s local provider of compressed natural gas fueling solutions, from fleet transitions to station design & construction. With real-life CNG fleet and station building experience, Ozinga Energy offers expertise in CNG for both public and private CNG users.
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Lakeshore Public Television reports on the recent expansion of compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling in the Midwest. Ozinga’s Gary, Indiana fueling station was featured as well as STAG USA, an outfitter of aftermarket CNG systems for light duty vehicles.
At CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2014, Terex Construction debuted their first concrete mixer truck powered by compressed natural gas (CNG). Based on their FD5000 ?Great Lakes? design, these new CNG mixers improve on the existing designs for front-discharge concrete mixers with concealed CNG tanks and a reduced overall truck weight.
Since the launch of Ozinga Energy, we have been serving Ozinga Ready Mix Concrete?s fleet of nearly 150 CNG vehicles with three public fueling stations in the Midwest. We are now excited to announce that we have successfully installed a new fueling system for Terex Construction at their production facility in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Using a compressor from Virginia-based Bauer Compressors, Inc. and two time-fill fueling posts from Northlake, Illinois-based Bristol Energy, Terex will now be able to fuel their brand new CNG concrete mixers overnight as they leave the assembly line. These stylish new trucks will then make their way to their new homes with tanks full of clean-burning compressed natural gas.
The construction process went smoothly and quickly, with infrastructure establishment taking about three days and equipment installation taking just one day. In addition to building this new time-fill fueling system, Ozinga Energy will also be installing a methane monitor at the Terex facility to uphold safety regulations and will provide ongoing support to ensure that their CNG system continues to run at peak performance.
“Ozinga Energy is our one-stop for all CNG fill station, facility upgrades, training, and maintenance needs,” said Mike Johnson, Terex Systems Engineer. “Brian Curry and the rest of the Ozinga Energy crew were easy to work with and quick to respond.”
Ozinga Energy is proud to serve Terex as they join us in building the road to an independent energy future. For more information about CNG fuel systems or to learn how your business could benefit from CNG, contact us today. Our CNG team can guide you through the entire process and provide expert advice every step of the way.
