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With the increasing use of compressed natural gas (CNG) as an alternate fuel source comes the discussion of how to more extensively use it as a clean energy source. While 30 percent of the United States’ energy sources are natural gas, less than one percent of that is used as fuel for vehicles like CNG [...]

Converting your fleet to compressed natural gas is a big decision. With lots of factors to analyze before switching over to CNG, consider costs and benefits from this alternate fuel source. DO YOU HAVE ACCESS TO UTILITY SERVICES? Whether you’re converting your whole fleet or just a few trucks, you should have easy access to [...]

When building a CNG fueling station, four easy steps can help you to improve your fleet, save money, and play a part in saving the environment. 1. HAVE A GAME PLAN. The first thing to consider is if you have the proper utility services. Check to see if gas and electric services are available to [...]

As gas and diesel prices soared in 2010, Ozinga began exploring compressed natural gas as an alternative fuel option. Rather than convert our fleet all at once, we chose to purchase a CNG vehicle and expand as we were able. A new CNG vehicle can be expensive, but fortunately, there are grants available to offset [...]

For the first time in company history, Ozinga is purchasing more than 6,000 megawatts of Illinois wind energy per year beginning this May. The new electricity supply contract will use Illinois wind to provide power to Ozinga locations throughout Illinois. The 6,000 MWH/ year of wind energy represents more than 25% of our electricity usage. [...]

As part of Ozinga’s commitment to maintaining our fleet, we recently created a custom rebuild shop to give our used equipment a second life and keep maintenance costs down. Certain components on fleet equipment often outlast others, making it difficult to maintain the same productivity on the job. For the shop’s most recent project, mechanics [...]

Renewable natural gas (RNG), also known as dairy gas or biogas, is the most impactful and best form of renewable natural gas available today. RNG is produced by the decomposition of organic matter and most commonly derived from organic waste at dairy farms, landfills, and wastewater treatment plants. Ozinga’s entire fleet of RNG mixers runs on [...]

Ozinga Energy installed a CNG compressor at the Terex facility in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where Terex will be producing their brand new CNG front discharge concrete mixers and fueling them straight off the assembly line.